DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a male who is 6 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds. Other than having high blood pressure, I am healthy, eat a Mediterranean-style diet, and exercise most days. Since 2021, ...

Most adults need around 3,500–5,000 mg of potassium daily to help lower blood pressure. Foods like tomatoes, potatoes, and ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: Please explain to me what causes high potassium levels. I have been diagnosed with high potassium but don’t know exactly how high it is or the cause. When I watched my diet, the levels ...

People with certain conditions may be more likely to develop high potassium levels (hyperkalemia). Although these high levels may only last for a short time, some people will have high levels that do ...

Dear Doctor: I started taking potassium pills about five years ago. Then after a few months, I began to have anxiety attacks so severe that I could barely talk to people. Finally, I read warnings ...

Potassium plays a crucial role in our diet. We spoke to experts about the best ways to get more of it.

A new trial investigating high-normal serum potassium levels for people at high risk of ventricular arrhythmias delivered promising results. Compared to a control group, people with these elevated ...

Madrid, Spain – 29 August 2025: Targeting high-normal potassium levels reduced the risk of arrhythmias, hospitalisation for heart failure or arrhythmia and death compared with no intervention, ...

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