The European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) recently published new diagnostic criteria for malnutrition. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether malnutrition by the new ...

Hospital mortality rates for pneumonia are much higher under a broader definition of the illness, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers, led by Michael B.

In a prospectively studied population of more than 900,000 U.S. adults (404,576 men and 495,477 women) who were free of cancer at enrollment in 1982, there were 57,145 deaths from cancer during 16 ...

Lung cancer is made up of distinct subtypes, including non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). Although overall mortality from lung cancer has been declining in the ...