An experimental study in Science Advances shows that statins, primarily fluvastatin in these experiments, may promote ...

Weakness in this part of the body becomes increasingly common with age, causing urinary incontinence and other symptoms. But ...

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 published in the journal ...

Inflammatory myopathies can be challenging to treat, but a new study reports encouraging findings for patients with these debilitating conditions. Researchers from Japan have found that a novel member ...

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 ...

A new study suggests inflammation may explain statin-related muscle pain, while experts emphasize these cholesterol-lowering ...

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 ...

Muscle mass naturally begins to decline after the age of 30 and often becomes more noticeable after 35. While many people ...

Vitamin D and Immunity: Feeling weak or lethargic is common. Most people dismiss it as a result of stress, lack of sleep, or ...

After a certain age, when muscle weakness and pain start to accompany exercise and simple daily tasks like getting up from a chair, we often dismiss it as part of the package of getting older. But ...

(Reuters Health) - Strength training might help prevent tension headaches, or at least reduce their pain, according to a small Danish study. Researchers found that neck and shoulder muscles were up to ...

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 ...