The best approach for surgeons to identify malnourished cancer patients before they have a cancer operation may be specifically related to the type of cancer the patient has, according to researchers ...

Consider this scenario: A 70 year-old African-American man comes into the emergency room after taking a fall due to weakness and fatigue. He has a previous diagnosis of dementia. Beyond taking care of ...

PHOENIX, AZ—One out of six patients who participated in the COAPT trial had malnutrition, which was independently associated with all-cause mortality at 4 years, a post hoc analysis reveals. The link ...

Many cancer patients are malnourished as they go into surgery, and that raises their risk for complications. "Cancer patients have an estimated prevalence of malnutrition ranging from 20% to 70%," ...