Dehydration

Water: The Power Nutrient

Carrie Wiatt, M.S. | Posted 05.25.2012

Carrie Wiatt, M.S.

Here it is, the easiest, most important step that you can take to improve your diet and get healthy: Drink more water! Water gives your skin a glow, naturally flushes your body of toxins, and may even reduce the appearance of wrinkles.

Stanford Grad Dies in Cave as World Peace Experiment Stumbles

Derek Rose | Posted 05.22.2012

Derek Rose

McNally, 39, an internationally known yoga teacher and spiritual guide who co-founded the retreat, was near death herself when she used a cell phone to call for help, according to witness accounts.

How Much Water Do You Really Need? What Hydration Looks Like

The Huffington Post | Sarah Klein | Posted 02.28.2012

You hear the "rules" thrown around all the time: Drink eight glasses of water a day. Drink half your body weight in water a day. If you're already thi...

The Real Reason You're In A Bad Mood

Healthland, TIME | Posted 01.19.2012

Feeling cranky, fatigued and unable to focus? You might just need a drink of water, according to new research. The small study, published in the Jo...

Catherine Pearson

Coconut Water Not the Magic Hydration Bullet It's Claimed To Be: Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 11.01.2011

A new consumer report analyzing coconut water claims it is not all it's cracked up to be, finding that two of the three most popular brands had far fe...

Can Water Help Me Lose Weight ... And 7 Other Hydration Questions Answered

EatingWell | Posted 10.03.2011

EatingWell

Do you really need eight glasses of water every day? Should you filter your tap water? Get answers to these questions and more -- including if vitamin-spiked water is worth it.

Why You Might Be Dangerously Dehydrated

EatingWell | Posted 09.21.2011

EatingWell

When her eyes finally fluttered back open, EMTs were rolling her stretcher from an ambulance into Anne Arundel Medical Center's ER and she was being pumped with intravenous fluids.

Catherine Pearson

Summer Hydration Mysteries Solved

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 08.30.2011

With the Fourth of July just days away, it's official: Summer is in full-swing. For many, the upcoming weekend represents a welcome opportunity to f...

Summer Fitness Tricks From An Olympian

Natasha Hastings | Posted 08.15.2011

Natasha Hastings

There are plenty of ways to enjoy the summer heat without diverting from your healthy journey.

A Tale of Two Rural Health Facilities

Hrishikesh Srinagesh | Posted 05.25.2011

Hrishikesh Srinagesh

Two experiences which led to short hospitalizations showed me how medicine can be practiced so differently in the U.S. and India.

Be Heard by the BLM: Urge an End to Wild Horse Roundups

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Wayne Pacelle

Over the past 10 years, the BLM has removed some 74,000 wild horses and burros from the range, and it intends to remove a total of 12,000 horses this year. The program is costly, illogical, and has also had tragic consequences.

How To Stay Hydrated In The Summer (VIDEO)

ICYOU | Posted 11.17.2011

One simple and effective way to improve your health is to stay hydrated - this is even more important in light of this summer's extreme heat wave. Wat...

Rating the Rations: A Taste Test of Freeze-Dried Hiking Foods

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Avital Binshtock

We recruited six young adults from Leadership Excellence, to blind taste an array of commercially produced freeze-dried fare. Our volunteers sampled 15 entrees and five desserts and scored them on a scale of 1 to 10.

7 Reasons Why Crying Is Good for You - DivineCaroline

divinecaroline.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Tears are just one of many miracles we taken them for granted every day. Here are seven ways tears heal us physiologically, psychologically, and spiri...

Fruit Water - Can I or Can I Not?

Stefan Aschan | Posted 11.17.2011

Stefan Aschan

Walk into any supermarket and you will be bombarded with the smarter, better, or life changing water. You walk down the ale and then you don't know what makes sense.

Unplug and Recharge: A Refreshing Summer Elixir

Sara Avant Stover | Posted 11.17.2011

Sara Avant Stover

Cucumber water is so refreshing on hot summer days and looks quite elegant simply sitting on the kitchen counter or table, too.

Don't Risk Going Unvaccinated

Paul A. Offit, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Paul A. Offit, MD

If parents choose not to vaccinate their children, not only do they put their own children at risk, they put others at risk as well.

Nine Tips for Surviving Tumultuous Times

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.17.2011

Arthur Rosenfeld

Check a good novel out of the library, turn off the phone and curl up with it. There's nothing wrong with disappearing into fiction for a while. Stay with fiction, though.

7 Summer Maladies And How To Heal Them

Times Of London | Keith Hopcroft | Posted 11.17.2011

Swimmer's ear What are the symptoms? An itchy discharge from your ear. What causes it? This is an infection. It results from you marinading your ear...