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

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.

How a tiny spinal implant could help those with muscle-wasting disease - Three people with a muscle-destroying disease got ...

Background: Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) or Kennedy disease [OMIM: 313200] is a rare X-linked neuromuscular disease. Patients commonly present with muscle cramps, tremors, leg weakness, ...

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

2002; Thomas, 2007). Currently, no drug treatment for muscle wasting is available, with exercise and ample protein intake being the only bona fide intervention to slow muscle loss (Sepulveda et al., ...

The auricular muscles helped change the shape of the shell–or pinna–of the ear and helped humans living millions of years ago listen closely. They are still used by roughly 10 to 20 percent of ...

med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp OBJECTIVES Urinary dysfunction and orthostatic hypotension are the prominent autonomic features in multiple system atrophy (MSA). A detailed questionnaire was given and autonomic ...

Researchers say muscle weakness plays a major role in fall risk. “There are so many older adults who cannot even get out of a chair without using their hands, and that in and of itself is a fall risk.

Most causes of new onset muscle weakness are serious. True weakness points to diseases of the spinal cord or its nerves. Nerves carry messages from the spinal cord to the muscles in the arms and legs.

Summary: Humans have vestigial ear muscles that once helped our ancestors focus on sounds. New research shows these muscles still activate when we strain to hear in noisy environments. Scientists used ...