With the global population ageing rapidly, sarcopenia, a condition that affects millions of older adults and severely diminishes their quality of life, is emerging as an urgent public health issue.

With the global population aging rapidly, sarcopenia, a condition that affects millions of older adults and severely diminishes their quality of life, is emerging as an urgent public health issue. Now ...

Scientists identified a protein that regulates cellular clean-up, could also hold the key to new treatments for age-related muscle loss and muscle wasting in cancer patients, enhancing quality of life ...

Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome marked by a severe loss of body weight due primarily to the wasting of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. This syndrome is often accompanied by systemic ...

Researchers at the University of Houston are pushing the boundaries of biomedical innovation with a discovery that could transform treatment for one of cancer's most devastating complications.

Muscle atrophy is a primary characteristic of both sarcopenia and cachexia, significantly impacting physical function and quality of life. This figure illustrates the multifaceted causes of muscle ...

Cancer patients often lose excessive amounts of weight. This affects up to 80% of patients and is mainly due to a decrease in muscle mass and fatty tissue. This cancer-induced cachexia (CIC) is ...

At a cancer center in Alberta, Canada, consecutive patients with cancer (lung or GI; N = 1,473) were assessed at presentation for weight loss history, lumbar skeletal muscle index, and mean muscle ...

Meghan McCue receives funding from the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Nearly one-third of cancer patients die from a side-effect you’ve likely never heard of: ...

"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 ...

Cancer-associated cachexia is a multifactorial wasting disorder characterized by anorexia, unintentional weight loss (WL, skeletal muscle mass with or without loss of fat mass), progressive functional ...