Most cases of dehydration are very minor and don't need any medical attention. You can easily treat dehydration when you give fluids like water, breast milk, baby formula or diluted juices. Recently, ...

Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in the pediatric population remains a significant cause of pediatric patient morbidity and mortality. For these patients, oral rehydration therapy is an intervention that ...

August 6, 2010 — Sucralose-sweetened oral rehydration solutions may be more palatable than rice-based solutions, according to the results of a prospective, blinded, randomized 3-period, 3-treatment ...

Boston, MA -- Dr. Richard Cash, credited with saving millions of lives by promoting the use of oral rehydration therapy to treat cholera and other diarrheal diseases, has been named a joint recipient ...

In the realm of medicine, blockbuster drugs regularly attract popular attention, but it is basic, inexpensive treatments that often save the most lives. Such is the case with oral rehydration therapy ...

During a cholera outbreak in 1968 in villages east of Dhaka, two young public health specialists began giving desperately ill patients liter after liter of a simple formula: salt and sugar dissolved ...

For most people, drinking water is the best and cheapest way to rehydrate, especially after sweating from exercise, sauna sessions, or hot yoga. If you lose electrolytes from heavy sweating, diarrhea, ...