by University of California, San Francisco Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Public health recommendations generally suggest drinking eight cups of water a day. And many people just assume it’s healthy to drink plenty of water. Now researchers at UC San Francisco have taken a systematic look at the available evidence. They concluded that drinking enough water can...
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What Happens to Your Body When You Drink Too Much Water?
Written by Angela Dunn, MD, MPH | Reviewed by Katie E. Golden, MDUpdated on July 17, 2023 Key takeaways: Drinking too much water can be dangerous when it leads to low sodium levels in the blood. This is called hyponatremia, and severe cases can be life-threatening. This is rarely a problem for healthy people. But...
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Drinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets likely contains “forever chemicals”: Study
By Associated Press July 6, 2023 CORY MORSE/THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS VIA AP Drinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets likely contains “forever chemicals” that may cause cancer and other health problems, according to a government study released Wednesday. The synthetic compounds known collectively as PFAS are contaminating drinking water to varying extents in...
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For people with kidney disease, there is no safe amount of lead in drinking water
by American Society of Nephrology Credit: CC0 Public Domain Lead levels in drinking water that are permissible by the Environmental Protection Agency have detrimental health effects in individuals with kidney disease, according to a new study. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of JASN. Despite advances in reducing the amount of lead in drinking water, low...