Unusual urine smells without pain can surprise many. Diet, dehydration, and medicines often cause temporary changes. However, persistent strong odours may signal health concerns. Conditions like UTIs, ...

Introduction: The utility of serum and urine osmolality in evaluating decongestion and outcomes in heart failure (HF) remain understudied. Methods: This is a prospective cohort single center study of ...

Introduction: Urine osmolality (U-OSM) is determined by the balance of water and solutes, antidiuretic hormone, and renal function. U-OSM can be altered in heart failure (HF) patients, and is ...

Osmolality measures a beverage’s concentration of solutes (i.e. sugars, salts and carbs) and how quickly the body absorb fluids for optimal hydration, which may help hydration brands validate their ...

RENAL concentrating ability in response to an antidiuretic stimulus presumably is limited by a maximum urine osmotic pressure or osmotic urine-plasma gradient or ratio. Hence, the determination of ...

In Lissa Schneckenburger's garden in Brattleboro, Vermont, the tomatoes seem happy; so do the bees. And the reason may be because of how she enriches the garden – with her own family's urine. "When we ...

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Children with nocturnal enuresis (NE) with a lower first-morning urine osmolality (Uosm) have higher treatment response rates, according to a study ...

An alcohol urine test involves a lab testing a person’s urine sample for the presence of alcohol. Three types of this test exist. One measures unmetabolized alcohol, while the others measure two of ...

Blood in the urine, or hematuria, can signify cancer in some cases, but not always. Hematuria has many other causes, including urinary tract infections and kidney stones. A person should contact a ...