Skeletal muscle channelopathies and myotonic disorders constitute a heterogeneous group of neuromuscular conditions caused by mutations that impair the function of ion channels, including sodium and ...

McArdle disease, also known as glycogen storage disease type V, is an inherited metabolic disorder marked by a deficiency of myophosphorylase, the enzyme essential for the breakdown of glycogen in ...

When Kumail Nanjiani landed a role in Marvel’s The Eternals, he immediately knew he wanted to change his body. He thought to himself, “I’m playing the first South Asian superhero in a Marvel movie. I ...

Biomedical engineers have grown muscles in a lab to better understand and test treatments for a group of extremely rare muscle disorders called dysferlinopathy or limb girdle muscular dystrophies 2B ...

Musculoskeletal pain is a prevalent menopause symptom, which helps explain why women typically experience more pain than men, especially around the age of 50 years. Beyond pain, muscle function and ...

People often brush off neurological symptoms for too long.

Muscle dysmorphia (MD) is a psychopathological condition — which means that it affects your thoughts and behaviors in problematic ways. People with muscle dysmorphia are obsessively concerned with ...

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have discovered a way to target RNA that could lead to new treatment options for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the most common adult-onset form of ...

Neurologists warn that symptoms like sudden weakness, speech changes, double vision, seizures, or paranoia can signal serious ...

Engaging in muscularity-oriented eating and weight-control behaviors is common among adolescents and young adults and varies according to gender. “Bulking and cutting” is a dietary technique in which ...