A new study identified various abnormalities in the muscle tissue of the patients with long COVID. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Muscle cells' "power stations" function less effectively in ...

Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, that weakens muscles. While scientists are ...

A new discovery may explain why so many people abandon cholesterol-lowering statins because of muscle pain and weakness. Researchers found that certain statins can latch onto a key muscle protein and ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, a team of researchers from Germany analyzed skeletal muscle biopsies of patients with persistent fatigue and malaise post-exertion to ...

Feeling persistently exhausted could be due to a mini-stroke you had without realizing, a study suggests. Also known as a transient ischemic attack, they occur due to a brief blockage of blood flow to ...

Muscle cells' "power stations" function less effectively in people with long COVID, potentially explaining the persistent fatigue that's a hallmark of the condition. That's the finding of a Dutch ...