The BBC's Ben Morris describes living with spinal muscular atrophy, as former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson reveals her twins have the condition.

The mother of a four-year-old boy with a rare muscle disease says screening newborn babies for the condition could "save ...

Muscular Dystrophy Association Marks Rare Disease Day by Spotlighting Community Stories Driving Progress in Research, Care, ...

Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome marked by a severe loss of body weight due primarily to the wasting of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. This syndrome is often accompanied by systemic ...

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

Muscle atrophy is a prevalent condition in today's societies, but many of the roles that mitochondria play in the process remain unclear. In a recent study, researchers investigated how muscle atrophy ...

A couple whose son died from a rare genetic condition are encouraging others to take part in screening which they say could ...

Nelson's twin daughters, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, have been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 1 ...

With the intensification of global population aging, muscle atrophy, characterized by the loss of muscle mass and function, has become an important health issue affecting the elderly. Researchers have ...

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 ...

The singer shared an emotional update about her twins’ health on Sunday.