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There is a best body position to maximize the effectiveness of pills, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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You’ve probably heard that you should always sit upright when you take a pill for the quickest metabolism, right? Now results from a stomach modeling program called StomachSim, developed by Johns Hopkins engineer Rajat Mittal and colleagues, says there is …
Your stomach plays a central role in how effectively pills are delivered to your body, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Can a model of the stomach predict how well new medicines might work? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Salt substitution is your diet is much easier if you’re in charge of the food, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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You can reduce your blood pressure and therefore your chances of a heart attack or stroke by substituting some of the table salt, or sodium chloride in your diet with potassium chloride, two recent studies demonstrate. Johns Hopkins cardiologist Seth …
Just how much might using a salt substitute reduce your blood pressure? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Using potassium chloride rather than sodium chloride, or table salt, just 5 to 25 % of the time in cooking and eating, achieved blood pressure reduction and fewer cardiovascular events, two recent studies find. Seth Martin, a cardiologist at Johns …
How easy is it to substitute for salt in your diet? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Do you do most of the shopping and cooking in your household? Do you eat many of your meals at home and do food preparation yourself, or do you bring in prepared foods? Johns Hopkins cardiologist Seth Martin says these …
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