A nutrition supplement is associated with lower death rate in patients

Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 12:36 in Health & Medicine

Results from a new clinical trial show that a specialized oral nutrition supplement was associated with a 50 percent lower death rate in older malnourished patients with a heart or lung disease 90 days following hospitalization. The study, published online today in Clinical Nutrition and supported by Abbott, estimated that within this population one life […]

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