Slower rates of sodium correction in hyponatremia may have gone too far in their attempts to prevent osmotic demyelination syndrome.

New data suggest that faster sodium correction in severe hyponatremia may reduce mortality and delay neurologic events, ...

For patients hospitalized with severe hyponatremia, faster sodium correction is associated with a lower risk for 90-day death or delayed neurologic events, according to a study published online in the ...

Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder and is mainly known for its neurological complications. New studies suggest previously unrecognized complications of hyponatremia, including falls, ...

Acute hyponatremia can occur with ingestion of MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine), most commonly referred to as "ecstasy." Women are at higher risk than men. In one study of asymptomatic ...

Hyponatremia occurs when sodium levels in the body are below the typical level. It may develop in people living with cirrhosis, which is when scar tissue develops on the liver and replaces healthy ...

Although exercise-associated hyponatremia has been reported in several studies, the effect of participation in long-distance triathlon races on plasma sodium levels is unknown. Prior studies have ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Marathoners know better than most to stay hydrated. Your body does need lots of fluid before, during, and after the race, but it's possible to overdo it. That can lead to a ...

A consistent recent finding has been the strong association between hyponatremia and fractures. Initially, two case control studies reported the association of mild asymptomatic hyponatremia with bone ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a matched case-control study, researchers expanded on previous studies that measured only a single serum ...

Background A 20-year old, otherwise healthy, female college student presented in an unresponsive state with respiratory distress after ingesting ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine). She had ...