A new discovery may explain why so many people abandon cholesterol-lowering statins because of muscle pain and weakness.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare neurological condition that causes severe muscle weakness and intellectual ...

Spinraza, also known as nusinersen, is a medicine used to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in children and adults. SMA is a genetic disease that is passed down through families. It leads to muscle ...

Back pain may be common with age and deskbound lives, but when it is accompanied by numbness or weakness, doctors warn it ...

History gathering should solicit the patient’s abilities or limitations with these activities of daily living (ADLs). The patient may have mild arthralgias. Lungs are the most common extra muscular ...

More than 30 types of muscular dystrophy have been identified. They all cause problems with movement due to muscle protein defects caused by genetic mutations. Muscular dystrophy is a group of ...

Jesy Nelson has revealed her twin baby girls with fiance Zion Foster have been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy type 1. This is a rare genetic condition causing muscle weakness which can become ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Is enterovirus 68 causing muscle weakness and possibly permanent paralysis in some patients? That's the question doctors are trying to answer as they track more cases across the ...

Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNA) revealed topline data from the dose escalation cohorts of the delpacibart braxlosiran (del-brax) Phase 1/2 FORTITUDE program in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular ...

Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress (SMARD) is a rare genetic condition that typically affects infants and children. It causes muscle weakness and breathing problems. Spinal muscular ...

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