What Your Pee Can Tell You
Sources Medically Reviewed on 08/05/2017 Reviewed by Carol DerSarkissian on August 05, 2017
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SOURCES:
ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal: “The Hydration Equation: Update on Water Balance and Cognitive Performance.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Changes in Urine,” “Pregnancy Tests.”
FDA: “Drugs of Abuse Home Use Test.”
Lab Tests Online: “Urinalysis: Three Types of Examinations.”
Liver Foundation: “Liver Function Tests.”
Mayo Clinic: “Glomerulonephritis,” “Blood in urine (hematuria),” “Acute Liver Failure,” “Diabetic Ketoacidosis,” “Diabetes,” “Urinary Tract Infections,” “Lupus,” “Urinalysis.”
National Institutes of Health: “Hyperglycemia.”
National Institute of Diabetic and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: “Diabetic Kidney Disease.”
National Kidney Foundation: “Glomerulonephritis,” “Diabetes - A Major Risk Factor for Kidney Disease.”
Nemours: “Urine Test: 24-Hour Analysis for Kidney Stones,” “Urine Test: Calcium.”
UNC Kidney Center: “ANCA Vasculitis.”
University of Delaware -- Myths of Human Genetics: “Asparagus urine smell: The myth.”
Reviewed by Carol DerSarkissian on August 05, 2017
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