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For Cancer Patients, Maintaining Muscle Is Vital to Health and Treatment, but Staying Strong Is Complicated
By Meghan McCue Your Health

For Cancer Patients, Maintaining Muscle Is Vital to Health and Treatment, but Staying Strong Is Complicated

Nearly one-third of cancer patients die from a side-effect you’ve likely never heard of: cancer cachexia. With cachexia, a patient loses a significant amount of weight due to their disease, with considerable losses of muscle mass. Muscle plays essential roles in movement, exercise and metabolism. Simple things like walking up the stairs, doing laundry and […]

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