For patients with moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD), higher levels of phosphorus in the blood are associated with increased calcification of the major arteries and heart valves—which may ...

Life as we know it requires phosphorus, and lots of it. But phosphorus is scarce. A new study reports that certain types of carbonate-rich lakes, which could have formed on early Earth, have the right ...

High serum phosphorus levels in patients with normal renal function are associated with a greater risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and death, according to researchers. In a retrospective study ...

Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for optimum plant growth. However, the continued application of manures and fertilizers to soils has led to an accumulation of P in many Delaware soils to ...

Q: Do you recommend any cactus fertilizer for the San Pedros I am growing inside my house? I repotted them in September, but they are still small. A: Hard to say. Apply a small amount of fertilizer ...

In my youth, I worked for a well-known Minnesota garden center. My co-workers and I would be frequently asked why a customer’s dahlia, geranium or other prized ornamental plant wasn’t blooming.

Journal of Coastal Conservation, Vol. 24, No. 4 (2020), pp. 1-7 (7 pages) Inorganic forms of nitrogen and phosphorus, oxygen levels, suspended solids, and planktonic primary productivity were ...

Your bones support you, so you need to support them in return. But while calcium and vitamin D usually get all the credit for bone health, another essential mineral — phosphorus — tends to get left ...