A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

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

Currently, no drug treatment for muscle wasting is available, with exercise and ample protein intake being the ... hampered motor function and skeletal muscle atrophy (Bennett and Xie, 1988). Even ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

Building muscle strength can be achieved at home with simple exercises. These exercises target various muscle groups, are easy to modify for beginners, and require no special equipment.

It's important to maintain your strength and independence as you age, and these three age-defying exercises can help work key ...

Researchers at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya have found that moderate doses of curcumin, both pre- and post-exercise, can reduce muscle damage, inflammation, and pain. Athletes may benefit from ...

Strength training is key to staying fit after 50. Learn three expert-recommended exercises to build muscle, improve mobility, ...

The squat is a no-brainer! We need to sit and stand daily, to get in and out of a car, get in and out of bed and use the restroom are just a few examples. Doing squats regularly will help you maintain ...

Want a strong and defined body like Enmanuel Beltrán? Discover how military exercises can help you build muscle and improve ...

It's not just that you start to slowly (or sometimes not so slowly) begin losing your mental capacity as you age — your brain actually gets smaller the older you get, shrinking about 5% per decade ...

Astellas has suffered another major setback with geographic atrophy (GA) treatment Izervay, this time in the US. The company has received a complete response letter (CRL) from the FDA for a ...