FIVE years ago the studies on tissue composition were summarized, and an attempt was made to relate changes in tissue composition to clinical disturbances in the balance of water and electrolyte. 1 It ...

Hidden deep within your body, a bizarre and complex network of over 50 distinct biological fluids is constantly working to keep you alive, and some of them are incredibly strange. Our latest human ...

James Lawder Gamble, former chief of the metabolism division of the Boston Children's Hospital, noted for his contributions to the knowledge of body-fluid physiology, was born in Millersburg, Kentucky ...

Indiana University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Just as a fish never stops to think about the water in which it spends its entire life, so do many human beings rarely pause to ...

This research can help us to better tailor strategies for managing both body temperature regulation and hydration during heat exposure in older adults. For example, because of reductions in thirst and ...