Kaitlin Batley, MD, a pediatric neurologist at Children’s Health and assistant professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center, highlights recent advancements and ongoing clinical trials in the spinal ...

Spinal muscular atrophy affects all the body's muscles. For a long time, it was considered a disease caused solely by the ...

Muscle atrophy is when muscles shrink from lack of use. It can occur due to an injury, a neurological condition, or from a ...

New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School found mutations in a novel gene that may help identify patients with a specific form of muscular dystrophy. The laboratory of Peter B. Kang ...

A person may inherit the genetic changes responsible for muscular dystrophy. These genetic changes can also occur due to spontaneous genetic mutations. In either case, the disease is not preventable.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a debilitating genetic disorder that eventually leaves patients in a wheelchair. In a new study, researchers have found that an existing cancer drug shows promise ...

Results from a randomized, double-blind trial in diabetes-free adults living with obesity and high cardiovascular disease risk showed that liraglutide was associated with a reduction in both muscle ...

Researchers at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a joint institution of the Max Delbrück Center and Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, have developed a promising gene-editing ...

Muscle pain that does not go away after several days or is accompanied by symptoms such as fever, shortness of breath, and extreme weakness requires medical assistance. Muscle pain, also called ...

In yet another concerning development for FC Barcelona, the Spanish Football Federation has confirmed that Ferran Torres is ...