Malnutrition can affect patients with various acute cardiovascular disease conditions, including acute coronary syndromes, arrhythmias, or valvular disease; however, most of the literature has focused ...

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 ...

"Cancer-related cachexia and sarcopenia occur in hematologic malignancies, not just gastrointestinal carcinomas and head and neck cancers. Their presence affects all aspects of diagnosis and treatment ...

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 ...

Cachexia is a paraneoplastic syndrome of unintentional adipose and muscle tissue wasting with severe impacts to functionality and quality of life. Although health inequities across minority and ...

Many cancer patients are susceptible to potentially lethal weight loss. Now researchers understand better why this happens, and perhaps how to prevent the condition. "Our goal is to know more about ...