On Sat, 15 May 1999, fp wrote:
> is there a relationship between the two?
>
None that I've heard of, but dehydration isn't good for anything.
The experiment would be:
cage of mice with adequate water
cage of mice with inadequate water
and a disease of your choice.
I bet that the dehydrated mice would do worse, but I doubt anyone will
feel like doing the experiment, since it would be hard to work out just
HOW the dehydration is reducing immunity....
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