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Diuretics may decrease electrolytes level
Thiazide diuretics which are prescribed for preventing strokes have been found to reduce electrolytes sodium and potassium which may cause low blood pressure and problems with heart rhythms. Professor...
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GlaxoSmithKline's Zofran Helps In Treatment Of Dehydration In Children
The drug Zofran, commonly given in children to limit vomiting can help in the recovery of children dehydrated by viral gastroenteritis . A latest study released on Wednesday further highlights that...
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Dehydration Can Alter People's Moods
Two new studies have found that even mild dehydration can alter a person's mood, leave them cranky, confused and fatigued. The tests, conducted at the University of Connecticut's Human Performance...
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Three-year-old Mylee may Have Survived Dehydration If She was Given Timely...
A three-year-old child, Mylee Ward, was unable to survive severe dehydration, after a doctor who examined her, did not even carry out the basic tests on the child. Mylee had to be rushed into...
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Experts Say Coffee Causes Dehydration is a Myth
Coffee consumption can help with hydration, contributing to daily fluid intake, suggests expert. During Nutrition and Hydration Week, which started March 21 and goes on till Friday, members of the...
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New Biometric Watch Allows Users to Monitor Glucose, Dehydration and Pulse...
Health and fitness minded individuals are looking for an easy way to keep their own tabs on vitals signs and parameters of medical care. Enter the biometric watch. In a pair of papers published in The...
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Chronic, Severe Dehydration Linked to Climate Change Behind Mysterious Kidney...
A mysterious kidney disease that has killed over 20,000 people in Central America since 2002, and now spreading to other countries including India, may be caused by chronic, severe dehydration linked...
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Diluted Juice as Effective as Electrolyte For Treating Mild Gastroenteritis...
Kids with mild gastroenteritis and minimal dehydration experienced fewer treatment failures such as IV rehydration or hospitalization when offered diluted apple juice followed by their preferred fluid...
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DHAKA Score - A New Tool for Diagnosing Dehydration in Children
bHighlights:/b ul class="group-list punch-points"liDehydration due to diarrhea is one of the leading cause for infant and child mortality in developing countries./liliNewly developed DHAKA score to...
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DMK President K. Karunanidhi Stabilized After Being Treated for Dehydration
K. Karunanidhi, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was reported to be down with allergy-related illness for a period of one month. K. Karunanidhi, who's also the president of Dravida Munnetra...
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Hot Weather Leads to Rise in Dehydration Cases in Delhi
This summer, with the temperatures soaring in the National capital, hospitals are filled with people suffering from heat strokes, diarrhoea and dehydration cases, say doctors. Three hospitals in the...
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Kidney Injury can be Prevented After Severe Dehydration
Dehydration occurs when you use or lose more fluid than you take in, and your body doesn't have enough water and other fluids to carry out its normal functions. Dehydration can lead to serious...
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Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities Common in Elderly
bFluid and electrolyte levels in the body are carefully maintained through different homeostasis mechanisms. These mechanisms are often altered in the elderly due to a number of reasons like...
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Concentration Takes a Hit When We Suffer from Dehydration Says the Study
Tasks that require attention become difficult when we are dehydrated, finds a new study. The findings of this study are published in the journal of iMedicine (and) Science in Sports (and) Exercise/i....
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Inadequate Sleep May Cause Dehydration
Just six hours of sleep at night instead of eight hours can increase the risk of dehydration in adults, says a study by Penn State. According to the study, if the body feels unwell after a poor night...
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Brain Malfunction Explains Dehydration in Elderly
As Australia faces another hot, dry summer, scientists from Melbourne's Howard Florey Institute have warned that elderly people are at risk of becoming dehydrated because their brains underestimate...
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Dehydration Levels in Children may Not be Accurately Estimated by...
A study to evaluate the accuracy of the commonly used dehydration scales as they apply to children in a low-income country was undertaken by a physician team led by researchers from Rhode Island...
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Dehydration Tests at Care Homes are Not Efficient
Identifying dehydration in older people living in care homes using standard tests are not working, reveals a new study. Simple tests like looking at their eyes, skin or asking whether they feel...
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World ORS Day - ORS Prevents and Treats Dehydration Effectively
bHighlights/b: ul class="group-list punch-points"liWorld ORS (oral rehydration salt) Day is observed annually on the 29supth/sup July to raise awareness about using ORS as a safe and effective measure...
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Electrolyte Supplements and Illness
"Electrolyte supplements are promoted as preventing nausea and cramping caused by low salt levels, but this is a false paradigm," said Grant Lipman, MD, professor of emergency medicine at Stanford and...
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