Baltimore, MD - Potassium-sparing diuretics may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by up to 70%, a new study suggests [1]. The Cache County Study, a large, prospective, epidemiologic ...

Medically reviewed by Angela Ryan Lee, MD Certain foods—like grapefruit, aged cheese, and licorice—can interfere with how ...

A new computational study in a mouse model finds biological sex and time of day makes a difference in the effectiveness of diuretics—medications commonly prescribed to manage high blood pressure. The ...

Spironolactone is a potassium-sparing diuretic that helps remove extra fluid and sodium. It blocks the action of aldosterone so that less potassium is lost compared with some other diuretics.

Finerenone reduced heart failure events and cardiovascular deaths in patients with HFmrEF or HFpEF when used with diuretics. The study found finerenone reduced hypokalemia risk but increased ...