by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

Not eating enough potassium appears to be related to high blood pressure—independent of how much salt you eat—reported Dr. Susan Hedayati at the American Society of Nephrology annual meeting.  (Dr. Hedayati works at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, where I trained, since it is affiliated with Parkland Hospital.)

I look forward to the published study.  If you read my blog often, your next question should be …

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by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

My unscientific, personal observation is that every woman eventually has a bladder infection that starts Friday afternoon after their regular doctor has closed.

Well, that may be an exaggeration, but the women who do have the burning, frequent and urgent urination, certainly don’t want to wait until Monday for relief so they come to the minor emergency clinic, where I occasionally work on weekends.

But is there anything you can you do at home? Does cranberry juice help? What if you’re a man with these symptoms?

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