New research from the University of Sydney has found that children are at a similar risk of dehydration and hyperthermia in extreme heat as adults, contradicting previous advice that children are more ...

Objective To compare hyperthermia and physiological dehydration risk during exercise heat stress between children of different ages and adults and evaluate an existing adult sweat rate calculator in ...

Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is an effective, low-cost dehydration treatment that can be given to dehydrated children. Diarrhea and the dehydration it causes can be severe and even fatal, especially ...

This summer has been a scorcher in Philadelphia region. The high temperature has hit at least 90 degrees 10 times this month. It has peaked in the upper 80s on five other days. This weekend, as much ...

Oral Rehydration Solution or ORS, is a basic, and often, the first line of treatment for dehydration, which results from diarrhea, vomiting and other fluid loss conditions. The relatively inexpensive ...

When your child is throwing up (vomiting), it's easy for them to become dehydrated. The risk is even greater when fever causes them to sweat more, or they are also losing fluid through diarrhea.

Infection among children and adolescents is rapidly spreading as the number of confirmed cases of flu (influenza) increases ...

In order to function properly, humans need to drink water. In fact, over 50% of the human body is composed of water. As temperatures rise, it is important to stay hydrated. Drinking water can cool you ...

Summer is here and most of us are excited to be outdoors. It is the time of the year where we enjoy camping, hiking, summer picnics, outdoor sports and, in general, the great outdoors. Recently at my ...