From the desk of Dr Nancy Collin, PhD, RDN, LD, NWCC, FAND Patients with wounds must consume an adequate amount of protein each day to build new tissue. If your patient is not consuming a well-balanced diet, chances are he or she is not consuming an adequate amount of dietary protein to meet the body’s physiologic needs. The average healthy adult requires approximately 0.8...

Sarcopenia, from the Greek word meaning "poverty of flesh," is the degenerative loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength associated with aging. It is a component of the frailty syndrome and can be debilitating and even fatal for the elderly, especially in the face of other co-morbidities such as wounds. Age-related muscle atrophy begins in the third decade of life and accele...