If you have hyperkalemia, you have high levels of potassium in your blood. If you don’t get your potassium under control, the condition can be life-threatening. That’s why it’s important to advocate ...

For decades, the standard recommendation for managing high blood pressure has centered around reducing sodium intake. While limiting salt remains important, emerging research suggests a different ...

Madrid, Spain – 29 August 2025: Targeting high-normal potassium levels reduced the risk of arrhythmias, hospitalisation for heart failure or arrhythmia and death compared with no intervention, ...

What if I told you that something as simple as watching your potassium levels could mean the difference between a healthy heart and a trip to the emergency room? Before you roll your eyes thinking ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 70-year-old male who is 6 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds. Other than having high blood pressure, I am healthy, eat a Mediterranean-style diet, and exercise most days.

Potassium is an essential mineral that plays many important roles in the body, from helping keep the heartbeat at a steady rhythm to maintaining normal fluid levels inside cells. Scientists are also ...

When your kidneys are healthy, they quietly deal with extra minerals in the body without you needing to think about it.

The body needs the mineral potassium to regulate muscle contraction. The heart, being a muscle, may respond to changes in potassium levels by developing an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. Atrial ...

Often overlooked by many, potassium plays an important role in the body. It supports heart health, prevents kidney stones, ...

LONDON, England—The common practice of administering potassium to keep levels up during CABG with the aim of preventing postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) doesn’t seem to be doing much good after ...

For the prevention of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) after isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, giving potassium supplements only when levels dropped below the lower limit of ...