His treatment, developed with David Nalin, was elegant in its simplicity, which made it accessible to people and countries ...

With his long-time collaborator, David Nalin, Richard conducted the first clinical trials of Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) ...

Cash, who as a young public-health researcher in South Asia in the late 1960s showed that a simple cocktail of salt, sugar and clean water could check the ravages of cholera and other ...

He worked alongside another doctor to show that a simple rehydration therapy could check the ravages of cholera and other ...

Health experts at the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness, IMCI, Summit have raised the alarm over the high burden of child mortality, lamenting that the 2023/2024 Nigeria Demographic Health ...

A new study in India exposes critical gaps in healthcare for child diarrhea, examining the systemic causes behind poor ...

Richard A. Cash died on Oct. 22 at his Cambridge home after an eight-month battle with brain cancer. He was 83.

An oral rehydration solution of sugar, salt and water, promoted by Dr. Cash and others, helped save more than 50 million lives since the 1970s.

The Trichy health department has launched a robust action plan to combat rain-related diseases, including a dedicated fever ward and measures to prevent vector-borne diseases. Stay informed on health ...

Late Richard Alan Cash, a visionary American global health researcher, public health physician, and internist, first forged ...

DHAKA, Oct 24, 2024 (BSS) - Dr. Richard Cash, co-developer of the Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT), passed away on 22 October ...

In 2006, a Cochrane Review noted that there was "weak and unreliable evidence regarding the clinical effectiveness and safety of antiemetics prescribed for children ... in the treatment of ...