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  "id": 18104334,
  "title": "A healthier form of salt could prevent millions of deaths from stroke and heart disease",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/a-healthier-form-of-salt-could-prevent-millions-of-deaths-from-stroke",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-04T10:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-healthier-salt-millions-deaths-heart.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Researchers from The George Institute for Global Health assessed the health benefits of switching the salt supply to potassium-enriched salt across 193 countries. They found almost 3 million deaths and 10 million new cases of cardiovascular and kidney disease could be prevented globally each year. The research is published in Nature Health.",
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        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Healthier salt could prevent millions of deaths from heart disease and stroke, study finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/healthier-salt-could-prevent-millions-of-deaths-from-heart-disease",
        "published": "2026-11-04T10:05:37.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}