You're relaxing on the sofa when suddenly your eyelid starts twitching. Or perhaps it's a muscle in your arm, your leg, or ...

A new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has shown promise in not only slowing the progression of the disease but potentially even reversing the muscle damage, with human trials set to ...

Distal spinal muscular atrophy (DSMA) is a rare genetic disease that causes a loss of muscle movement. It affects muscles further away from the center of the body, such as the hands, feet, and legs.

A positive effect of nusinersen treatment on motor function in ambulant pediatric and adult spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients during a 38-month period has been demonstrated by an analysis of data ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered how exercise protects aging muscles by suppressing DEAF1, a molecule they identified as a driver ...

The Utah Program for Inherited Neuromuscular Disorders (UPIN) improves the lives of men, women, and children with inherited nerve or muscle disorders through cutting-edge, multidisciplinary care and ...

In research published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, investigators have developed a brief, reliable, and valid screening tool to help identify individuals with Duchenne muscular ...

After boys and young men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy received cardiac progenitor cell infusions, medical tests indicated that the patients' hearts appeared improved, results from a new study show ...

The national guidelines suggest a minimum of two days per week of muscle-strengthening activity, although upping that to ...

(WNDU) - Imagine your baby being born healthy, and then within months, they start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs, fingers, and toes. This is what happens to infants born with spinal ...

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 ...