Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer related mortality in the US and Europe.¹ The five-year survival rate remains less than 10%, with minimal improvements observed in the treatment of the disease over the last 20 years ^2.

 The insidious nature of the disease and vagueness of...

Nutrition is an essential element of multi-modal cancer care¹  with the prevalence of cachexia ranging from 60-80% in advanced cancer.² Recommendations state that individuals should be nutritionally screened on diagnosis and regularly throughout their cancer journey to assess for both risk of, and overt...

It is well established that a decline in nutritional status is associated with poor quality of life and increased morbidity and mortality. Cancer cachexia (CC) is thought to affect 50-80% of patients with cancer. Its aetiology is multifactorial and complex, driven by pro-inflammatory cytokines and specific...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional bowel disorder in which abdominal pain is associated with defaecation or a change in bowel habits. Disordered bowel habits are typically present, eg. constipation, diarrhoea, or a mix of constipation and diarrhoea, as are symptoms of abdominal bloating and...

Feeding a baby is a frequent parental concern regardless of whether it is the first or fifth child. Many parents (and health professionals) feel infants should ‘take what it says on the side of the tin’ or do exactly what the book says. However, rather than expecting children to eat by the ‘rules’, infants and...