Drinking plenty of water each day may have an unexpected benefit -- staving off urinary tract infections, a new study reports. Young women plagued by UTIs who drank an additional 6 cups of water each ...

Dialysis patients who gain too much fluid between treatments should be advised to drink less. Although adequate fluid intake is an essential requirement for survival, excessive fluid intake can ...

A water deprivation test checks how the body responds to several hours without water intake. A doctor may request this test to help diagnose conditions such as arginine vasopressin disorder (AVD).

A 28-year-old woman with a history of irritable bowel syndrome and idiopathic gastroparesis that required percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube feeds presented with a 1-month history of abdominal ...

(February 24, 2004) – BETHESDA, MD – Just how much water does each of us really need? Not to swim in, or diet with. Not to respond to marketing claims, or counter salty foods or to cope with dry ...

“Most of us do need more water at this time of the year; but surprisingly, you can drink too much and overhydrate,” said University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Nutrition Sciences Assistant ...