With cachexia, the muscles in your body will waste away regardless of how much you eat. The condition causes severe weight loss. (Photo Credit: Dr P. Marazzi/Science Source) Cachexia (aka “wasting ...

Cachexia causes extreme weight loss and muscle wasting. It is a symptom of various chronic conditions such as cancer, chronic renal failure, HIV, and multiple sclerosis. Cachexia predominantly affects ...

Eating disorders are often thought of as body image disorders with symptoms of food restriction and purging. In most cases, the goal of these behaviors is to prevent weight gain. Not all eating ...

Bonnie Addario didn’t even know there was a word for what was happening to her. As if lung cancer weren’t bad enough, the 54-year-old had lost 30 pounds off her normally 130-pound frame. Her life was ...

It's a dieters' dream: Eat what you want and never gain weight. But shedding pounds is an unwanted health issue for those who have cachexia--uncontrollable weight loss unaffected by eating. Cachexia ...

The Greeks named it cachexia, meaning "bad condition." And those that suffer from wasting syndrome's scary side effects—unexplained weight loss, muscle atrophy, decrease in appetite, anemia, and ...

Game piece with Zodiac Sign of Cancer, mid-12th century, France. Symbol associated with tumors--swollen veins like crab limbs Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, Public Domain. Credit: Pfeiffer ...

The intricate relationship between nutritional status and heart failure management is gaining increasing recognition as a critical component in patient care. Malnutrition, cachexia and other ...

Cancer cachexia is a complex metabolic syndrome characterized by the ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass, with or without fat loss, that cannot be reversed entirely by conventional nutritional ...