Our bodily stocks of sodium and potassium salts had become exhausted by sweat and all that extra water requiring trips to the toilet, so while we weren’t dehydrated in liquid terms we had ...

a new formula for the preparation of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) that is designed to minimize the occurrence of acute diarrhoeal disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have ...

Oral rehydration salts are a scientifically balanced formula of electrolytes, glucose and minerals that are designed to aid the optimum absorption of water. Here are some tips from Clinova ...

Dr Kyu highlighted the need for a multipronged approach that includes implementing life-saving solutions such as oral ...

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 ...

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is deeply concerned about the rapidly escalating cholera outbreak in Malakal, in South Sudan's ...

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 ...