Dehydration can put heart health at risk

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Dehydration can affect much more than your thirst. It also can place extra stress on your heart and cardiovascular system, explains Brodie Marthaler, M.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire. “Think of the heart as a pump. For it to work properly, enough blood needs to return to it with every heartbeat,” Dr. Marthaler says. “When you become dehydrated, the amount of fluid ci

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