Dehydration is the loss of water and salts essential for normal body function. It occurs when the body loses more fluid than it takes in. Young and middle-aged adults who drink when thirsty generally maintain fluid balance. Children need more water...

Dehydration is the removal of water from a compound, set of compounds, or other material. Dehydration refers not only to the removal of pre-existing water molecules from a solution, but also to the chemical formation of water by its removal from a...

The process whereby moisture or water that was incorporated into or was part of a substance or article becomes...

Dehydration (hypohydration) is the removal of water (hydro in ancient Greek) from an object. Medically, it is a condition in which the body contains an insufficient volume of water for normal...

The 12-year-old Boy Scout rescued after spending four days alone and lost in the rugged North Carolina mountains remained hospitalized Wednesday, recovering from severe dehydration and exposure to cold.Michael Auberry had lost feeling in his fingers and toes by the time rescue workers found him...

Air travelers with medical conditions may suffer dehydration or other risks because of new air travel restrictions that prohibit people from bringing drinks onto the plane, some doctors say. Bottled water and cans of nutritional supplement drinks are among the...

The Army's sprawling training ground here has plenty of challenges _ craggy hills, dense brush, high grass, scratchy juniper trees and temperatures in the 90s. But military officials didn't consider water to be high on the list.Creeks and other sources give a soldier plenty of...

A soldier who went missing for four days after a solo navigation exercise died of hyperthermia and dehydration, according to autopsy results released Wednesday.The body of Sgt. Lawrence G. Sprader, 25, was found Tuesday night in a brushy area on the Central Texas Army post's...