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  2. Hypoaldosteronism - Wikipedia

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    Hypoaldosteronism causes low sodium (hyponatremia), high potassium (hyperkalemia), and metabolic acidosis, a condition in which the body produces excess acid. These conditions are responsible for the symptoms of hypoaldosteronism, which include muscle weakness, nausea, palpitations , irregular heartbeat, and abnormal blood pressure.

  3. Addison's disease - Wikipedia

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    Addison's disease, also known as primary adrenal insufficiency, [4] is a rare long-term endocrine disorder characterized by inadequate production of the steroid hormones cortisol and aldosterone by the two outer layers of the cells of the adrenal glands (adrenal cortex), causing adrenal insufficiency.

  4. Adrenal gland disorder - Wikipedia

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    Hypoaldosteronism is a clinical condition marked by either an aldosterone deficiency or impaired tissue-level action of the hormone. Angiotensin I to Angiotensin II conversion, adrenal aldosterone synthesis and secretion, abnormal target tissue response to aldosterone, and renal renin production and secretion are all potential causes of the ...

  5. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA (42 U.S.C. § 12101) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , [ 1 ] which made discrimination based on race , religion , sex , national origin ...

  6. ADA Amendments Act of 2008 - Wikipedia

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    The ADAAA requires that courts interpreting the ADA and other Federal disability nondiscrimination laws focus on whether the covered entity has discriminated, rather than whether the individual seeking the law's protection has an impairment that fits within the technical definition of the term "disability." [6] The Act retains the ADA's basic ...

  7. Primary aldosteronism - Wikipedia

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    In summary, hyperaldosteronism causes hypernatremia, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis. [ 13 ] Finer notes on aldosterone include the fact that it stimulates sodium-potassium ATPase in muscle cells , increasing intracellular potassium and also increases sodium reabsorption all along the intestine and nephron , possibly due to widespread ...

  8. Backpage: A Blueprint for Squelching Speech - AOL

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    In this case, Backpage banned explicit offers of sex for money (which is illegal in most of the U.S.) but allowed adults ads more generally, since plenty of forms of sex work are legal.

  9. Pseudohypoaldosteronism - Wikipedia

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    On one hand, mutations on the gene NR3C2 (coding the mineralocorticoid receptor) cause the synthesis of a non-functional receptor which is unable to bind aldosterone or function correctly. In the kidney, aldosterone plays an important role of regulating sodium and potassium homeostasis by its actions on distal nephron cells.