I recently acquired a new scale in my office to check patients' weights. The cool thing about this scale is that it not only detects percent of body fat, it also detects percent of body water (it also tells us how many pounds are bone mass, how many pounds are muscle mass, the caloric need to maintain that physiology and a few other tidbits).

I recently acquired a new scale in my office to check patients' weights. The cool thing about this scale is that it not only detects percent of body fat, it also detects percent of body water (it also tells us how many pounds are bone mass, how many pounds are muscle mass, the caloric need to maintain that physiology and a few other tidbits).

As temperatures start to rise, Bashas' supermarkets in Arizona will give residents another reason to stay hydrated. From April 1 through June 30, Bashas' will donate 10 cents from every case of Bashas' brand water sold to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

For those of us who live in Arizona, water is an essential part of our nutrition. The body is made of 60 to 75 percent water. Every cell in our body requires water to function. With the summer heat, hydration with water is essential not only for the body, but for the mouth and teeth as well.¬

For those of us who live in Arizona, water is an essential part of our nutrition. The body is made of 60 to 75 percent water. Every cell in our body requires water to function. With the summer heat, hydration with water is essential not only for the body, but for the mouth and teeth as well.¬

This is the time of year when football helmets have athletic tape scrawled across the front with each player's name written hastily by a Sharpie, so it might be a good idea to substitute the name "Stringer" for everyone.

It's officially summer and time to put serious thought into your daily hydration routine. Proper hydration is extremely important in dry climates like Arizona and especially during the hottest months of the year.

It's officially summer and time to put serious thought into your daily hydration routine. Proper hydration is extremely important in dry climates like Arizona and especially during the hottest months of the year.

With this weekend’s high projected to hit 116 degrees, with a low of 90, Phoenix is going to feel like the far side of the sun.

Watermark at Home, a Medicare certified home health care agency that provides skilled nursing and therapies to patients in their homes, is once again holding a bottled water drive.

With summer temperatures steadily rising above 100 degrees, pregnant women should take special care to stay cool, comfortable and safe. Maintaining good hydration while pregnant is extremely important, and even more so during the summer when our bodies can become dehydrated. Expectant mothers should drink at least eight 12-ounce glasses of water daily, and avoid consuming sugary or caffeinated beverages.

With summer temperatures steadily rising above 100 degrees, pregnant women should take special care to stay cool, comfortable and safe. Maintaining good hydration while pregnant is extremely important, and even more so during the summer when our bodies can become dehydrated. Expectant mothers should drink at least eight 12-ounce glasses of water daily, and avoid consuming sugary or caffeinated beverages.

You put lotion after lotion on your skin during the dry hot Arizona summers and, still, your skin gets dry, even scaly. Why is that, and what can you do about it?

You put lotion after lotion on your skin during the dry hot Arizona summers and, still, your skin gets dry, even scaly. Why is that, and what can you do about it?

Watermark at Home, a Medicare certified home health care agency that provides skilled nursing and therapies to patients in their homes, is once again holding a bottled water drive.

Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series that will conclude next week.

Sometimes mixing sun and fun isn’t a good idea.

According to Chinese medicine, each season of the year is associated to a different organ. In the fall it is the lungs and in the spring it is the liver. That would make sense since many people enjoy doing cleanses during that time of the year. The organ associated with the summer is the heart. The heart is very sensitive to summer. More heart attacks will happen during the summer. A person with heart issues will generally be sensitive to heat.

According to Chinese medicine, each season of the year is associated to a different organ. In the fall it is the lungs and in the spring it is the liver. That would make sense since many people enjoy doing cleanses during that time of the year. The organ associated with the summer is the heart. The heart is very sensitive to summer. More heart attacks will happen during the summer. A person with heart issues will generally be sensitive to heat.

There's no question about it; it's hot outside.

There's no question about it; it's hot outside.