Standard health surveys administered to elderly people to predict their risk for future hospitalization have not traditionally included questions on nutritional status, despite the importance of ...

This study is led by Dr. Han-Ping Shi (Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery/Department of Clinical Nutrition, Beijing Shijitan Hospital). In his daily work, Dr. Han-Ping Shi found that malnutrition ...

Malnutrition is an imbalance between the growth and breakdown of body tissues and nutrient stores, resulting in loss of muscle and organ mass, diminished physical and mental functioning, and impaired ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite significant advancements in surgical technique, anesthesia and rehabilitation, nutritional status — an ...

A comprehensive review assessed the ways that proper nutrition could help reduce the adverse effects of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with hepatic encephalopathy. A recent review published in the ...

When the suspicion of malignancy arises, the patient must undergo diagnostic and staging workup, after which the multidisciplinary tumor board suggests a therapeutic plan for the patient consisting of ...

If I Have the Courage…I Prefer to See a Doctor: A Qualitative Exploration of Ethiopian Women’s Hesitancy to Screen for Cervical Cancer Using HPV Self-Sampling Malnutrition is a common and serious ...

Nutritional issues such as ARFID are highly prevalent among patients with SSc and can lead to poor outcomes and other systemic complications.

The prognosis was worse in patients with basic dementia or Alzheimers disease as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma. A new study has found a correlation between poor nutritional ...