A University of Alberta research team is shedding much-needed light on cancer cachexia, a severe muscle-wasting syndrome linked to up to a third of cancer deaths.

Cancer cachexia is a complex metabolic syndrome characterized by the ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass, with or without fat loss, that cannot be reversed entirely by conventional nutritional ...

Research reveals how brain inflammation triggers extreme muscle weakness across several diseases, including viral infection, bacterial infection and Alzheimer's disease. The study, in fruit flies and ...

Treating rheumatoid arthritis with tofacitinib for 6 months is linked to an increase in lower limb muscle volume, especially in the thigh, and a rise in serum creatinine levels.

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 ...

BOSTON - People who use popular weight loss drugs may be at risk for muscle wasting. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) drugs, like Ozempic and Wegovy, are incredibly effective at helping overweight ...

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Sarepta Therapeutics shares (SRPT.O), opens new tab fell nearly 44% on Tuesday, after its gene therapy for a progressive muscle-wasting disorder failed to meet the main goal in a ...

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (OTC:CHGCY) believes its anti-muscle-wasting drug could be used alongside Eli Lilly And Co.’s (NYSE:LLY) oral obesity pill, orforglipron. Roche Holdings AG (OTC:RHHBY) ...

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 ...