Muscle atrophy is when muscles shrink and weaken due to lack of use. Other symptoms of muscle atrophy include asymmetry and impaired balance. In most cases, muscle atrophy can be reversed with general ...

Based on their findings, the researchers urged for the inclusion of a VRK1 gene analysis in the diagnostic workup of patients who present with predominant calf muscle weakness. Researchers are ...

A 30-year-old African-American woman presented to the emergency department for medical assessment after becoming too weak to walk. She reported proximal muscle aches in both arms and legs, a skin rash ...

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

The mother of a four-year-old boy with a rare muscle disease says screening newborn babies for the condition could "save ...

Prolonged air pollution linked to increase of incurable muscle-wasting diseases, study suggests - Scientists said the link ...

People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...

Myotonic muscular dystrophy, which is sometimes called myotonic dystrophy, is a type of muscular dystrophy. There are two types of myotonic muscular dystrophy, described as type 1 (DM 1) and type 2 ...

Inflammatory myopathies can be challenging to treat, but a new study reports encouraging findings for patients with these debilitating conditions. Researchers from Japan have found that a novel member ...

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