Scientific Papers
MAKING THE WEIGHT: A CASE STUDY FROM PROFESSIONAL BOXING
Professional boxing is a combat sport categorized into a series of weight classes. Given the sport's underpinning culture, boxers' typical approach to "making weight" is usually via severe acute and/or chronic energy restriction and dehydration. [...]
THE SYNDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE SECRETION OF ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE (SIADH).
The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) is a disorder of water balance characterized by hypotonic hyponatremia and impaired water excretion. The diagnosis of SIADH is based on the exclusion of other hyponatremic conditions, [...]
Hydration and Disease
Many diseases have multifactorial origins. There is increasing evidence that mild dehydration plays a role in the development of various morbidities. In this review, effects of hydration status on acute and chronic diseases are depicted [...]
INDICATIONS FOR A MEDIUM MINERAL HIGH BICARBONATE WATER (CERELIA) IN UROLOGY.
To increase water intake is an useful prophylactic treatment for many urologic diseases, such as urolithiasis or urinary tract infection. An high water intake increases urinary volume with a dilutional effect that involves a consequent [...]