Tool helping UC cancer institute identify patients at risk for malnutrition
A person needs nourishment from food to live and flourish.
Dec 30, 2014
0
0
A person needs nourishment from food to live and flourish.
Dec 30, 2014
0
0
Health care systems and providers are not attuned to older adults' malnutrition risk, and ignoring malnutrition exacts a toll on hospitals, patients, and payers, according to the latest issue of the What's Hot newsletter ...
Dec 18, 2014
0
0
Malnutrition is a major cause of stunted growth in children, but new UCL research on mothers and children in Egypt suggests that the problem is not just about quantity of food but also quality.
Dec 11, 2014
0
0
Even in food-abundant industrialized countries like the U.S., an alarming number of people, particularly seniors, are in a state of diseased-associated malnutrition . Because of the impact on patient health, disease-associated ...
Dec 5, 2014
0
0
A major international research group rang alarm bells Monday over the scourge of hidden hunger, also known as vitamin and mineral deficiencies, which affects over two billion people with often devastating consequences.
Oct 13, 2014
0
0
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) can experience difficulties with food preparation and ingestion, which could contribute to poor nutrition and place them at risk for malnourishment. Published studies have also suggested ...
Sep 11, 2014
0
0
More than half of older adults who visit emergency departments are either malnourished or at risk for malnutrition, but not because of lack of access to health care, critical illness or dementia. Despite clear signs of malnutrition ...
Aug 13, 2014
0
0
A new study gives hospitals overall good marks for conducting nutrition screenings within 24 hours of a patient's admission, but finds that many need to improve other practices to be more effective.
Jul 3, 2014
0
0
Severe malnutrition in childhood may increase the risk for high blood pressure in adulthood—a possible significant impact on global health, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.
Jun 30, 2014
0
0
More than three million children under the age of five die annually of malnutrition, the UN food agency and World Health Organisation said on Thursday, urging governments to tackle the problem.
Jun 12, 2014
0
0