Cancer patients often lose excessive amounts of weight. This affects up to 80% of patients and is mainly due to a decrease in muscle mass and fatty tissue. This cancer-induced cachexia (CIC) is ...

A specific gene may play a key role in new treatments that prevent muscle in the body from breaking down in serious muscle diseases, muscular dystrophies. This is shown in a new study at Umeå ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited muscle disorder that causes progressive breakdown of muscle tissue. Symptoms typically begin in early childhood, and most parents and caregivers ...

For decades, statins have been the quiet workhorses of cardiology, cutting heart attack and stroke risk for millions while ...