In a new discovery, chronic pain has been shown to be physiologically different from acute pain and now scientists have the roadmap for how to target it. While many people with neuromuscular diseases ...

Pathologic changes of the X-chromosome gene for dystrophin give rise to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and dystrophin -- which minimizes muscle fiber loss due to sarcolemma contraction damage when ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common early onset form of muscular dystrophy; many boys become wheelchair bound in their teens and die in their twenties. People with limb girdle muscular ...

Entering the age of 2 years, almost most children will start to actively explore their surroundings. However, there are some who appear lethargic due to muscle weakness in their bodies. This condition ...

A 15-year-old boy in New Market with a neuromuscular disorder received a wheelchair accessible van last week through the support of family, community and a nonprofit dedicated to assisting those with ...

The lab of Yongchao C. Ma, Ph.D., at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago has discovered a fundamental biological mechanism that could ...