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They looked at over 1 million patients over the course of seven years. 1987 and 2010. what theyre finding out is there are a lot of these common medications that are sole uable that are fizzy, you can dissolve them in water and drink them and they contain a lot of salt. this is really a very important message to a lot of people who have to stay away from salt. over the course of four years, there was an increase of stroke and heart disease by 15%. these are common medications such as aspirin, vi...

This is an important finding from the british scientists and a big message for the drug companies to put on the label if there is more than 23 milo gram of salt, to put that on the label for a lot of people to see. over the counter medications dont have that kind of message and that kind of labeling. this is really important. the message to a lot of doctors is to try to prescribe low salt medications. i never thought one day i would say this. were talking about low salt medication or low sodium ...

Of a stroke or heart attack? >> 100%. this is very clear because the world health organization is recommending to only get 2 to 5 grams of salt a day. anything more than that -- which is about one teaspoon. anything more than that would increase the risk of high blood pressure and stroke. this study followed everyone for about seven years. and within the first three to five years, they find out that exactly to the point that kelly just mentioned that there is an increased risk of more high blood...

We are always trying to cut sodium out of our diets. now a new warning from the medical community that we could be consuming a dangerous amount of salt from a surprising source. some over the counter painkillers may have so much salt in them they could actually raise our risk of stroke by up to 22%. thats high. dr. david is the chair of urology at lenoxville hospital. what are we learning now from these plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a joy it is, but it isnt? >> this is a great segment for a lo...