Diuretics, also known as water pills, are medicines that help reduce the amount of water in the body. They treat the buildup of excess fluid in the body that occurs with some medical conditions such as congestive heart failure, liver disease, and...

A substance that increases the production of URINE by the kidneys. Many diuretics such as alcohol and CAFFEINE are ingested as part of the diet, but they may be administered therapeutically for the treatment of diseases such as OEDEMA. In susceptible...

From Greek, dia, through, and ouron, urine: an excess flow of urine; a diuretic is an agent that promotes...

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A diuretic is any drug that elevates the rate of bodily urine excretion (diuresis). There are several categories of diuretics. All diuretics increase the excretion of water from the body, although each class of diuretic does so in a distinct...

The studies, both published in major medical journals, gave conflicting advice to the 50 million Americans who have high blood pressure. The first told them that old-fashioned, cheap diuretics - "water pills" - work at least as well and sometimes better than more...

Diuretic drugs aid stroke prevention, study says By LINDSEY TANNER Associated Press Monday, January 8, 2001 Chicago -- Treating high blood pressure with drugs works best at preventing one of its major complications -- strokes -- if common pills called...

Two weightlifters from Uzbekistan tested positive for banned substances and were disqualified from the Asian Games on Sunday, a day after another weightlifter was tossed out of the competition.Elmira Ramileva, who placed fifth in the women's 152-pound division, tested positive Dec. 4 for the anabolic...

A silver medalist became the fourth weightlifter at the Asian Games to fail a doping test, officials said Monday.Oo Mya Sanda of Myanmar, who finished second in the women's 165-pound class, tested positive for a banned metabolite of an anabolic agent. She tested positive on...