Cachexia is a condition that causes extreme weight loss as well as muscle wasting. The name comes from two Greek words: kakos, meaning “bad,” and hexis, meaning “condition.” The condition is a symptom or side effect of chronic conditions, such as cancer, type 1 diabetes, HIV, and multiple sclerosis. Older individuals with “failure to thrive” […]
Judging by the number of horror stories circulating in the mainstream media regarding the so-called Zika virus “epidemic,” one might get the idea that Americans are facing a health threat as dangerous as HIV/AIDS or even the Black Plague. Every day, a batch of fresh fear-mongering stories are published or broadcast by the mainstream news […]