1.   A preacher, victim of a wasting illness, would refer in the pulpit to his forthcoming demise without shocking his congregation.

2.   They then tell others how to avoid the wasting illnesses, like diarrhea, malaria and AIDS, and respiratory problems that ravage the camps.

3.   Tissot proclaimed that the act drained the body of vital fluids, causing wasting illnesses like tuberculosis.

4.   BSE, and its human form, variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, are fatal brain wasting illnesses, marked by sponge-like holes appearing in the brain.

5.   BSE, and its human form, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, are fatal brain wasting illnesses, marked by sponge-like holes appearing in the brain.