With the summer setting in and temperatures rising, it becomes especially important to support the well-being of our ageing loved ones — starting with something as simple yet vital as staying hydrated ...

Marcy Cottrell Houle, co-author with Dr. Elizabeth Eckstrom of The Gift of Caring, shared why we should be especially concerned with our elders becoming dehydrated. Dehydration kills thousands of ...

Medically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MDMedically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MD Dehydration occurs when you lose or use more fluid than your body takes in. It leaves your body lacking the ...

Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published June 6, 2020. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Pennsylvania’s climate has been changing: Temperatures are rising, heavy rainstorms are more frequent and the tidal portion of the Delaware River is ...

The Detroit Area Agency on Aging reminds us that older adults are more susceptible to heat-related illnesses. Some reasons include chronic illness, medications -- which can cause dehydration -- and ...

Heat-related illnesses such as dehydration, sunburn, and heat stroke are known to be dangerous for everyone, but older adults ...

In case you didn't know it, it's going to be a hot one this weekend, with temperatures in Summit County expected to reach the mid 90s. Air conditioners will be working overtime and most time will be ...

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 ...