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The Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) are a set of evidence-based nutrient reference values for intakes that include the full range of age, gender, and life stage groups in the US and Canada. The ...

Low dietary calcium and potassium was a more important predictor than fluid intake of recurrent kidney stone formation, says Api Chewcharat, M.D., the article's first author and a postdoctoral ...

Researchers estimate that about 1.28 billion adults around the world have high blood pressure, medically known as hypertension. Previous research has also shown that getting more potassium in your ...

Heidi Cope is a health and science writer based in Fort Worth, Texas. She often writes long-form, informational content about health, wellness, and disability, and enjoys interviewing healthcare ...