Cachexia is common in cancer, yet it is poorly understood in noncancer diagnoses. In this article, Carlson and Dahlin review cancer cachexia in cardiac disease. The definition, pathophysiology, and ...

Q: Who should I consult if I am suffering from excess weight loss? A: There are many infectious and non-infectious causes that can result in excess weight loss. It is preferable to meet your general ...

According to the National Cancer Institute, nearly one-third of cancer deaths can be attributed to a wasting syndrome known as cachexia. Cachexia, an indicator of the advanced stages of disease, is a ...

Sept. 14 (UPI) --A drug that could reduce the risk of death in cancer patients is showing good promise during its second phase of clinical tests, drugmaker Pfizer announced Saturday. The experimental ...

Cachexia in older SCLC patients leads to inferior survival rates and increased treatment complications, such as dose reductions and incomplete chemotherapy courses. Patients with cachexia had ...

Bruggeman et al 1 have nicely summarized the current state of knowledge about cancer cachexia. I am old enough to note that our knowledge and evidence base is about the same now as it was 30 years ago ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers discovered a drug that safely and effectively helped cancer patients when they suffered from cachexia (ku-KEK-see-uh), a common condition related to cancer that involves weight loss and ...

THE striking degree of malnutrition that may accompany chronic congestive heart failure has been termed cardiac cachexia. Hippocrates was perhaps the first to record this association between dropsy ...