Normally, your body is made of about 50%-60% fluid, including water, blood, and lymphatic fluid. When your fluid levels are out of balance (too high or too low), serious health problems can happen.

Most of the human body is water, with an average of roughly 60%. The amount of water in the body can change slightly with different factors, such as age, sex, and hydration levels. Most of the human ...

Evaluating and testing hydration status is increasingly requested by rehabilitation, sport, military and performance-related activities. Besides commonly used biochemical hydration assessment markers ...

When the temperatures rise, it is very easy to get dehydrated. However, staying hydrated depends on many factors other than climate; your fluid intake, your diet and your level of activity are three ...

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 ...