Unexpected weight changes are usually bad
I don't know what conditions are associated with weight gain, but my wife has mentioned repeatedly that unexplained weight loss is a red flag for cancer. (Cancer cells have, of course, a very high metabolism.)
Cheers,
Ben
"... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything."
--Richard Feynman
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ben_tilly
July 6, 2002, 07:41:31 AM EDT