Nutri-jelly may improve quality of life and decrease tube feeding demand in head and neck cancer patients.

Purpose: Eating difficulty is a critical and common problem in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT). It leads to poor quality of life and extensive tube feeding use. Nutri-jelly, a food gel with semisolid texture, water-releasing ability, and ready-to-eat by spoon, was recently developed to alleviate the trouble.

Effects of a diabetes self-management program on glycemic control, coronary heart disease risk, and quality of life among Thai patients with type 2 diabetes.

Uncontrolled diabetes is a major health problem in Thailand. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of a diabetes self-management program on glycemic control, coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, and quality of life in 147 diabetic patients (aged 56.8 +/- 10.