The best way to prevent dehydration is to drink plenty of water. Keep in mind that drinking soda and coffee may increase the effects of dehydration in seniors, worsening your condition. Try to ...

Preventing Dehydration in Older Adults. The recommended water intake for females is 1.6 liters per day and 2 liters daily for males. However, this recommendation is not a hard-and-fast rule.

Older adults have a higher risk for dehydration due to lower fluid content in the body, a decreased thirst response, and medications or underlying conditions. Signs of dehydration in older adults ...

Last of two parts. Dehydration is a potentially life-threatening problem – especially, as I discussed last week, in those over 60 years old. Summer heat and humidity exacerbate the risk. But age ...

The following column was originally published June 6, 2020. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life ...

Dehydration is not only a common but also a very serious condition in older adults. Mortality of patients with dehydration is high if not treated adequately and in some studies exceeds 50%.

Drinking coffee in hot weather isn't inherently dangerous if you drink other liquids, too. Although caffeine is a diuretic, ...

The enormous impact of dehydration on older adults in terms of mortality, morbidity, and health care expenditures warrants continuous clinical and research efforts on this topic.

Dehydration affects 20% to 30% of older adults and is usually caused by insufficient water intake. It may also be caused by excess water loss through diarrhea, vomiting, sweating, high fever, or ...

Dehydration is a potentially life-threatening problem – especially, as I discussed last week, in those over 60 years old. Summer heat and humidity exacerbate the risk.