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

Pedialyte is formulated to help prevent dehydration and replenish fluids and electrolytes more effectively than common ...

In response to the rising Cholera outbreaks affecting several states across the country, Reals Pharmaceutical Ltd, a leading pharmaceutical company, has donated hundreds of life-saving drugs to ...

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.

In the late 1960s, he went to Dhaka to work on cholera. There he became involved in the development of oral rehydration ...

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

ORS - or oral rehydration solution - came in those tiny packets and worked every single time when there was a need. Unlike other medicines, I actually did not mind ORS at all. It had no unusual ...

This simple solution which increases water absorption in the body saved millions of lives, especially since cholera causes severe diarrhea. During this time, he also carried out studies in Oral ...