Let Them Eat Healthy: Can Emerging Potassium Binders Help Overcome Dietary Potassium Restrictions in Chronic Kidney Disease?

Potassium-rich foods might provide many health benefits even to people who have declining renal function. The barrier to obtaining these health benefits has long been the concern over hyperkalemia. There are new and novel treatment options available which may enable patients with chronic kidney disease to obtain the health benefits of eating a diet that contains foods such as fruits and vegetables which are high in potassium while reducing the risk of hyperkalemia.

Occupational Disappointment: Why Did I Even Become a Nurse?

Introduction: The aim of this study was to identify patterns of feelings and behavior of ED RNs who have experienced verbal workplace violence.

Methods: Twenty-eight registered nurses from across the state of California were recruited. Data were collected, using in-depth interviews, and were recorded.

Predictors of fat mass changes in response to aerobic exercise training in women.

Aerobic exercise training in women typically results in minimal fat loss, with considerable individual variability. We hypothesized that women with higher baseline body fat would lose more body fat in response to exercise training and that early fat loss would predict final fat loss. Eighty-one sedentary premenopausal women (age: 30.