Recently, I wrote a column about my battle with carpal tunnel syndrome, and my subsequent surgery. A big problem with a hand and wrist injury is that you can’t grip anything or exert any appreciable ...

Loss of muscle mass, also called muscle wasting or atrophy, can happen gradually as part of getting older or more suddenly due to underlying medical conditions. Other factors can contribute, like ...

HOUSTON – A newly identified gene, atrogin-1, is involved in muscle loss associated with cancer, diabetes, fasting and kidney disease as well as in the atrophy occurring with disuse, inactivity, and ...

Question: I am trying to get into shape for summer, and one area that has always been challenging has been my upper arms. Recently, I began a workout routine, but a friend warned me about the risk of ...

Muscle atrophy affects millions of people worldwide, striking when least expected during periods of inactivity, illness, or aging. This natural process of muscle tissue breakdown can happen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever skip the gym for a few days… and suddenly realize it's been three weeks? Whether it was work, travel, injury, or life just ...

Distal spinal muscular atrophy (DSMA) is a rare genetic disease that causes a loss of muscle movement. It affects muscles further away from the center of the body, such as the hands, feet, and legs.

Electrical muscle stimulation, or EMS, is gaining popularity in the U.S. as a potential way to boost workouts. All that’s ...

Whole-body quantitative MRI, or qMRI, was found to detect subtle changes over time in the muscles of SMA adults, better than ...