Prior low-quality evidence has suggested that sodium bicarbonate may benefit critically ill patients with severe metabolic acidemia and acute kidney injury (AKI). In this randomized trial of patients ...

Share on Pinterest New research suggests that regularly adding table salt to food could increase the risk for gastric cancer. Cara Dolan/Stocksy Gastric cancer can be serious and is related to several ...

Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, is one of the most versatile and inexpensive ingredients found in almost every household.

Baking soda is a deceptively simple product that has a long list of uses outside the culinary world. In fact, baking soda has been heralded as a way to absorb and neutralize unwelcome bathroom odors, ...

During a recent shift, our emergency department (ED) team saw a patient with fairly severe diabetic ketoacidosis. The patient's serum bicarbonate level was 6 mEq/L and the venous pH was 6.85. During ...