Management of the mild-to-moderately dehydrated pediatric patient should emphasize the use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) based on the degree of clinical dehydration. The clinical dehydration ...

Cash, who as a young public-health researcher in South Asia in the late 1960s showed that a simple cocktail of salt, sugar and ... been researching a simple oral rehydration therapy and knew ...

I do not know how to put this gently or tastefully, so I will factually describe what happened last night in Milwaukee: A former president of the United States held a rally, during which he used a ...

Though the most common means of replenishing electrolytes is simply through drinking water and staying hydrated, this isn’t always enough to maintain a proper balance of mineral salts in the body.

We know consuming too much salt raises blood pressure, which in turn can lead to cardiovascular problems. A 2022 study has quantified this relationship as a public health message in clear, stark terms ...

including introduction of a glucose-electrolyte solution called Oral Rehydration Salts. But the basic approach remained unchanged: fast replacement of the critical fluids lost by patients battling ...

Cash and his colleagues had people drink water with carefully chosen salts and sugar, and found that the formula allowed for successful rehydration. So long as people were conscious and could drink ...

So long as people were conscious and could drink oral rehydration salts, they would survive. Working with others at the Cholera Research Laboratory, Cash conducted field studies proving that oral ...