When it comes to muscular diseases, most of us have heard of especially common ones like muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig's disease. But one of the rarest muscular disorders is also one of the most ...

People frequently wait years to be "taken seriously," postcode lotteries for access to care and a general lack of knowledge are among some of the key findings from a University of Aberdeen ...

Neuromuscular diseases are conditions that affect your nerve and muscle function. Neuromuscular disorders affect your peripheral nerves—the nerves outside your brain and spinal cord. Types of ...

Muscular dystrophy is a group of disorders that involve a progressive loss of muscle mass and consequent loss of strength. In general, the condition is caused by genetic variations that interfere with ...

Pathologic changes of the X-chromosome gene for dystrophin give rise to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and dystrophin -- which minimizes muscle fiber loss due to sarcolemma contraction damage when ...

A large cohort study found that statins significantly reduce the risk of death and major cardiovascular events in adults with type 2 diabetes, even among those with low predicted 10‐year ...

—Navigating the intricacies of health insurance policies to get coverage for needed medical care is often a huge burden for patients and caregivers battling a rare disease. A new study opens a window ...

Neurological diseases are conditions that affect your nervous system. Your nervous system includes your brain and spinal cord as well as all the nerves that branch out to the rest of your body. There ...

Expert diagnostic services and treatment are provided for patients with common and rare disorders of the muscular system, including muscular dystrophies. Myopathic (myo = muscle, pathy = disease) ...