Dehydration

Dehydration The human body needs water to maintain enough blood and other fluids to function properly. If your body loses substantially more fluids than you are drinking, you become dehydrated.

Travel And Pregnancy You've been making plans to take that 'trip of a life-time!' But, now you find out you're pregnant. What should you do? Should you still take that trip? As always, talk with your doctor about your individual situation, but here...

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Water - A Pure, Clear, Colorless, and Tasteless Liquid Essential for Life Water makes up more than half of our weight, and is a major component of the tissues and cells of our body. The body can store water for a short time, and without water we would die in a few days...

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