Cachexia is a process that accompanies many chronic diseases, and consists of a combination of wasting of lean body mass, increased energy expenditure, and a paradoxical loss of appetite. Cachexia ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Communicating with family members about cachexia and anorexia can be difficult. "I tell patients' families to gently encourage but don't try to force feed, because that is actually worse than doing ...
The extreme weight loss seen in many late-stage cancer patients, known as cachexia, is far more than a cosmetic side effect.
Neurons (blue) in a part of the brain called the area postrema, seen here, express a variety of genes, including receptors for the immune system molecule IL-6 (white). Cancer is insidious. Throughout ...
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