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 ...

Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by skeletal muscle loss leading to progressive functional impairment. Despite the ubiquity of cachexia in clinical practice, prevention, ...

•Cancer cachexia is a highly morbid condition that negatively affects quality of life, reduces tolerance to anticancer therapy, and confers poor survival. Despite this, there is no current US Food and ...

Cachexia is an underappreciated complication of systemic lupus erythematosus, researchers reported. A total of 56.3% of patients developed the involuntary weight loss accompanied by loss of ...

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 ...

"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 ...