Many people with cancer experience dramatic loss of muscle and fat tissue. In many cases, even the heart muscle is affected, ...

Tumors can destroy the blood vessels of muscles even when the muscles are nowhere close to the tumor. That is the key finding of a new study that my colleagues and I recently published in the journal ...

There are certain diseases that can severely impact your weight and muscle mass, leading to significant health challenges. One such condition is cachexia, a complex metabolic syndrome that often ...

Importantly, cachexia can persist even after the cancer is successfully treated and cured. This can have a devastating impact on the quality of life for cancer survivors.

Researchers have now identified a previously overlooked driver of cachexia: the liver. It responds systemically to tumors in ...

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It is characterized by a progressive depletion of skeletal muscle and fat, resulting in profound weakness. Unlike ...

Importantly, cachexia can persist even after the cancer is successfully treated and cured. This can have a devastating impact on the quality of life for cancer survivors.

Importantly, cachexia can persist even after the cancer is successfully treated and cured. This can have a devastating impact on the quality of life for cancer survivors.