Nutritional compromise in cervical cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy predicts poor survival, increased toxicity, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Human body composition measurements such as fat and fat-free mass play a critical role in qualifying health and nutritional status, the impact of disease, and change due to nutritional, therapeutic, ...

A prospective cohort (N = 126) collected clinical data over a 2-year period. Collection of IIPAN's nutritional services received during treatment and clinical data were abstracted from medical charts ...

Credit: Getty Images A full nutrition assessment must be undertaken and, from there, appropriate interventions can be developed and monitored for improved health outcomes. Albumin may be informative ...

Sarcopenia is a condition characterized by the concurrent presence of low muscle strength and low skeletal muscle mass.

How nutrition therapy supports recovery, rehabilitation, and quality of life in patients with chronic critical illness and ...

A substantial proportion of patients hospitalised with chronic heart failure (HF) were at risk for malnutrition, which was associated with elevated odds of frailty — and frailty, in turn, was linked ...

Socioeconomic status, nutritional knowledge, physical fitness, physical activity level, food choice and preference, and healthy eating behaviour had no significant influence on the accuracy of ...