Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poorly functioning blood vessels lead to the characteristic muscle weakness that so many cancer patients experience. Artur ...

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 ...

Research reveals how brain inflammation triggers extreme muscle weakness across several diseases, including viral infection, bacterial infection and Alzheimer's disease. The study, in fruit flies and ...

In an age where screens dominate our lives, the importance of regular physical movement has never been more critical.

June Furlan was alarmed when a mystery weakness started taking over her body, so her personal trainer suggested doing “dead bugs” to strengthen her core. She was already an avid gym goer, doing cardio ...

Back pain may be common with age and deskbound lives, but when it is accompanied by numbness or weakness, doctors warn it could signal nerve damage that needs timely medical attention.

Scientists at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), using state-of-the-art genetic technology, have discovered the likely cause of a child's rare type of severe muscle weakness. The ...

Thurman M. Wheeler, MD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in Nature Communications, "Analysis of human urinary extracellular ...

Mr. M, age 56, arrived in the ER with progressive weakness. Until the fatigue began, he had exercised daily at a gym. Over a two-week period, however, the debility had worsened such that he was unable ...

That stubborn belly fat isn’t harmless. Doctors explain how it weakens abdominal muscles, increasing the risk of hernia. Follow these tips to reduce belly fat.

Animal study uncovers the dirty side of clean. Aug. 14, 2012— -- Soap may hold a dirty little secret in the form of a chemical called triclosan. Used in antiseptic hand soaps, shaving gel, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Tumors can destroy the blood vessels of muscles even when the muscles are nowhere close to the tumor. That is the key finding of a new study that my colleagues and I recently ...