(Nanowerk Spotlight) Medical professionals constantly struggle with monitoring patients' drug levels and vital electrolytes. Traditional monitoring requires repeated blood draws – an invasive process ...

Presently, in order to check electrolyte levels in newborn babies, blood samples are drawn from the infants twice a day. Soon, however, a "smart" pacifier could be used to non-invasively collect that ...

Electrolytes are chemicals naturally occurring in your body fluids. They include chloride, phosphate, potassium, sodium, and calcium. These are important for normal body functions and should be ...

Electrolytes serve as the backbone of numerous vital physiological processes, from regulating fluid balance to transmitting nerve signals. These charged minerals—such as sodium, potassium, calcium, ...

As the weather heats up, often the first thing to go is hydration, and when our levels of electrolytes fall, symptoms can include nausea, headaches, and lethargy. Hardly the recipe for a good time in ...

Ottawa, ON, September 17, 2024 – A new study published in The Lancet Psychiatry found that 32% of individuals with an eating disorder had abnormal electrolyte levels, which were associated with a ...

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