Sodium bicarbonate isn’t a new concept when it comes to sport. There’s plenty of research that shows that ingesting it can improve an athlete’s performance and their anaerobic capacity — the ability ...

During a recent shift, our emergency department (ED) team saw a patient with fairly severe diabetic ketoacidosis. The patient's serum bicarbonate level was 6 mEq/L and the venous pH was 6.85. During ...