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 ...

Background/Aims: Hospitalized patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) can develop severe nutritional deficits. However, the nutritional screening tools with the most utility for such patients are still ...

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 ...

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 ...

Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) is an evidence-based, individualized nutrition process meant to help treat certain medical conditions. The term was introduced in 1994 by what is now the Academy of ...

Elderly patients face many challenges during their cancer care, and one of the biggest is maintaining good nutritional status. Proper nutrition is vital for healthy aging; however, when the ...