Results of a Phase 1/2a gene therapy clinical trial in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) revealed a significant decrease in levels of serum creatine kinase, an enzyme biomarker ...

The occurrence of acute myocardial infarction (MI) during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery varies greatly, depending on the diagnostic criteria used. Although findings have suggested ...

Dennis Nice said he was still scratching his head Monday like a lot of other McMinnville (Oregon) parents. Still trying to find answers to the bizarre medical situation that unfolded last week in the ...

Patients experiencing muscle pain and weakness as a result of statin treatment may continue to suffer symptoms long after stopping the drugs, French researchers reported. Almost a third of patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LAS VEGAS — Patients who underwent forearm fasciotomy for treatment of acute compartment syndrome experienced ...

The cap of this species measures 6 to 8 cm, and the stem is 7 to 10 cm long and 1.5 cm in diameter. Seven women (age range, 22 to 60 years) and five men (age range, 24 to 61 years) were hospitalized ...

Although treatment with statins may cause muscle-related symptoms in 10 to 20% of patients, these symptoms usually resolve within weeks after the medication is stopped. In rare instances, however, the ...

You ask a good question. These patients do present with elevated CK levels, but there has been no systematic investigation into the pathophysiology of this phenomenon. However, there is suggestive ...