Doctors diagnosed Carmen Lopez with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) at birth, a rare genetic disorder that affects motor neurons ...

Popular weight-loss therapies like Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Zepbound result in both fat and muscle loss.

European Union trade chief Maros Sefcovic said on Thursday that his top priority in trade talks with President Donald Trump's ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a way to treat ageing-related muscular atrophy using ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a way to treat ageing-related muscular atrophy using regenerative medicine.

“These people were definitely not expecting an ... “they were getting better and better.” Spinal muscle atrophy or SMA is a genetic disease that gradually destroys motor neurons, nerve ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger — able to stand and walk more easily — ...

Living in a disadvantaged community may decrease the length of time a person can survive with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, by over 30%, a Michigan Medicine-led study suggests.

New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for patients who have spinal ...

Researchers reported a spine-stimulating implant might aid neurodegenerative diseases like spinal muscle atrophy.

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal stimulation.