She cited as an example the use of hormones to combat wasting syndrome.

While female comedy stars get "Friends" wasting syndrome, the people who script their lines seem to be conducting "Super Size Me"-style toxicity tests on themselves.

They are sensitive to high heat and suffer from a condition called "wasting syndrome" if overheated for too long.

Toxicity may include interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, hyperpigmentation, seizures, hepatic (veno-occlusive disease) and wasting syndrome.

Acute effects of single high dose dioxin exposure include wasting syndrome, and typically a delayed death of the animal in 1 to 6 weeks.

Serostim was approved in the mid-1990's to treat wasting syndrome, a side effect of AIDS.

Examples include cancer and AIDS, which induce a body wasting syndrome called cachexia.

It is also known to relieve stress, anxiety, nausea, depression, migraines, appetite, bi-polar disorder and wasting syndrome.

Research also suggests that thalidomide is useful in treating complications of infection with HIV, such as wasting syndrome, nausea, and prurigo nodularis.

For example diseases such as cancer and AIDS induce a body wasting syndrome called "cachexia", which is notable for the severe muscle atrophy seen.