Weight loss in cancer: Organs respond to the disease in a coordinated way, study finds

Cachexia is a metabolic disorder that causes uncontrolled weight loss and muscle wasting in chronic diseases and cancer.

Newborn test for muscle disease could 'save lives'

The mother of a four-year-old boy with a rare muscle disease says screening newborn babies for the condition could "save ...
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A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better

This image from video provided by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences shows Doug McCullough, who has spinal muscular atrophy, during tests of experimental spinal cord stimulation to ...

Doctors said I might not make my second birthday with muscle disease SMA. Now I'm 25

The BBC's Ben Morris describes living with spinal musclar atrophy, after Little Mix's Jessy Nelson spoke about it.

Cat Deeley called out for 'inappropriate' chat about Jesy Nelson's twins' disease

The Little Mix singer, 34, revealed her eight-month-old daughters suffer from a severe muscular disease and will likely be ...
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A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger – able to stand and walk more easily – when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord. On ...