Hyponatremia, a dangerous condition of low blood sodium from excessive water intake, causes cell swelling and can severely impact the brain. Recognizing symptoms like headache or confusion is crucial, ...

The body needs water to function correctly, but drinking too much too fast can have serious health consequences. The kidneys can only remove 0.8 to 1.0 liters of water per hour, and a very high water ...

Yesterday Gretchen Reynolds and I blogged more or less simultaneously about fluid consumption issues while running, particularly while marathoning. Gretchen's blog appeared here on the New York Times ...

The term hyponatremia refers to a condition where the blood level of the electrolyte sodium is too low. A healthy sodium level is between 135 and 145 mmol/l and a person is considered to be ...

An observational study of nearly one million patients who underwent surgery suggests that preoperative hyponatremia (an electrolyte disorder in which sodium levels in the blood are low) was associated ...

In 2002, the WHO introduced a new, reduced-osmolarity formulation for oral rehydration solution, in response to suggestions that the original formulation (which contained 90 mmol/l sodium) might ...

Hyponatremia refers to an abnormally low level of the electrolyte sodium (salt) in the blood. Sodium is an electrolyte that helps regulate the amount of water within and around cells in the body.

Patients with hyponatremia and other risk factors for dementia might need closer monitoring. Hyponatremia may be a marker of increased risk for dementia, investigators reported at the American Society ...

Drinking six to eight glasses of water each day is healthful, most health experts agree. But apparently not everyone is on the same page. A general practitioner from Scotland says that health advice ...

No matter what medical issue you’re dealing with, the advice is usually to drink more water. In fact, a lot of health advice makes water sound like some magic elixir you can’t have enough of. And ...