Refeeding syndrome is a complex metabolic disturbance that occurs when nutrition is reintroduced to malnourished, critically ill patients. It is principally marked by rapid shifts in fluid and ...

Even if food aid reaches Gaza, Sudan and other famine zones, complications can arise in malnourished or starving people when they regain access to regular meals. Those complications can be fatal.As of ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My brother got very thin (112 pounds and he is 6 feet tall) from anxiety. When he gets really worked up, he doesn't eat. His doctor put him on medication for this, which she said would ...

Dear A.S.: Refeeding syndrome is a serious concern when someone who is dangerously thin begins eating again. I have seen this only in people with anorexia nervosa, and all the patients I have seen ...

A health worker measures the mid-upper arm circumference of a 1.5-year-old Palestinian boy suffering from severe malnutrition at Patient’s Friends Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza on July 29, 2025 [Ahmed ...

Israel has "imposed starvation" on Gaza, where the "population now resembles skin stretched taut over bones," says Omar Shabana. "Such severe malnutrition has been witnessed throughout history," and ...