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You’ve probably heard that about 60 percent of the human body is composed of water. So it’s no wonder hydration is so important — clearly, that beautiful body of yours needs plenty of water to do all the things it has to do to support you every day.

Hydration is key in supporting many of the body’s most essential functions. It helps your body assimilate the nutrients in your food; aids in cell regeneration; boosts your skin’s elasticity for a supple, youthful complexion; keeps your energy up; maintains healthy joints and muscles; and assists your kidneys in flushing out waste and toxins, to name just a few benefits.

It also helps you maintain your weight goals by staving off between-meal snacking (because we all know that sometimes when we think we’re hungry we’re really just thirsty) and is a key component of developing that connection to your body.

While we’re all for keeping a full water bottle on you at all times, sipping isn’t the only way to reach your daily H2O quota. In fact, guzzling too much water (especially cold water) could potentially disrupt your digestion. So what’s a health-conscious babe to do?

The most super superdelegate: President Obama

At the 2012 Democratic convention, President Obama was the candidate. This year, he will be a superdelegate. (Photo: Jae C. Hong, AP)
It is a bit of a challenge to comprehend Illinois Democrats' 91-page "delegate selection plan" for this year's national convention, but two words stand out among the list of officials who will be Illinois superdelegates: "The President."

That would be President Obama, the one-time U.S. senator from the Land of Lincoln, who also served as a superdelegate from the state in 2008, when he voted for himself. Then-Sen. HIllary Clinton was also a superdelegate that year and also backed Obama at the convention as part of her call for party unity.

Democrats have about 700 party leaders who serve as superdelegates who can cast their votes for whomever they like, regardless of the primary vote of the states they hail from. Members of Congress and other elected officials get to be superdelegates, as do former presidents. Bill Clinton is a New York superdelegate this year (guess which candidate he is backing) and Jimmy Carter is a superdelegate from Georgia.

Obama has remained non-committal about who he is backing this year, but one would have to assume he would be in Really Big Trouble if he backed someone other than Hillary Clinton after all they have been through.

It seems unlikely that Obama would put on a funny hat, wade into the crowd on the convention floor and caucus with the rest of the Illinois delegation, but he will have a ticket to do so if he so chooses.

Illinois has 26 superdelegates; Democrats vote Tuesday to select 156 other convention delegates from the state, which trivia buffs will recall is also where Hillary Clinton was born.

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I dropped a $672 Samsung Galaxy in the toilet

NEW YORK—I intentionally dropped a $672 Galaxy S7 phone into the toilet. I wasn’t expressing displeasure over Samsung’s newest flagship phone—in fact I really like this latest handset, along with its pricier sibling the Galaxy S7 edge. I dropped it in the toilet, and separately in the sink, to test the phone’s resistance to water. It came through unscathed.

The two new Galaxy’s measure up to a certification standard known as IP68, which means they can be submerged up to 5 feet for up to a half hour. They’re resistant to dust too.

What’s more, the phones don’t have awkward protective flaps covering the USB port like a prior water resistant model, the Galaxy S5. But don’t get carried away. The phones are water resistant, not waterproof. I wouldn’t swim with the device, take a long hot shower with it, or necessarily drop it into your own toilet. Yes, the phone will do fine with the water. I just wouldn’t want it to get flushed down the drain.

Looking half of hospital bills don’t get paid

NASHVILLE — Hospitals and medical practices share a growing problem with those they treat: Patients aren’t paying their bills.

Working people are on the hook for an increasingly large portion of the cost of their care, as insurance policies pay for less. It’s a trend that is not reversing — and it’s causing financial distress for families and CEOs alike.

In health care, the billing process is called revenue cycle management. It’s a complex system of diagnostic codes, services, insurance benefit analysis, billing departments and software.

Hospitals and providers, historically, received 90% of the reimbursement from insurers, according to The Advisory Board. The patient portion was more of an afterthought.

That dynamic is shifting as more people come under high deductible health plans. The ratio could settle around 70-30 — with patients paying nearly a third of their bills, said Ken Kubisty, senior vice president at Advisory Board Consulting and Management.

For every patient dollar being billed, hospitals have historically failed to collect 65 cents.

Trump is the center of this race in every conceivable way

Marco Rubio, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz take part in the March 3, 2016, Republican debate in Detroit. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)
The Fox News debate in August, the first of the 2016 cycle, was just seven months ago, but it seems even longer. So much has happened since then — candidates have dropped out (remember when Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was a leading candidate?), controversies have ensued, and 15 Republican contests have now been held. The one constant? Donald J. Trump was the focal point then, and he certainly was Thursday night.

Trump sat atop polls heading into that Fox debate, and the major question leading into the Cleveland face-off was, would that support hold once he was put through the rigors of a debate? Now, after 11 debates, countless polls and 10 wins, the answer is unquestionably yes.

No, his debate performances haven't always been the smoothest, but it hasn't mattered yet. He's consumed them, just as he has the GOP race, and Thursday night was no different. Just look at the social media stats released immediately after the debate was over: 62% of the Twitter discussion surrounding #GOPDebate candidates was about Trump (Ted Cruz was the next highest at 16%), and 73% of Facebook conversation was about Trump.