Matthew Mindler — the former child star who appeared in 2011's Our Idiot Brother — died from "complications of sodium nitrate toxicity." The 19-year-old was reported missing in late August during his ...

Ionic salts are characterized as compounds of highly electropositive metal ions (cations) such as sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), lithium (Li+), cesium (Cs+) or slightly less electropositive metal ions ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week issued final guidance to the food industry for voluntarily reducing sodium in processed, packaged and prepared foods. The agency's aim is to cut ...

A low sodium diet could be life-saving for people with conditions like high blood pressure. The low sodium diet is ...