Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) causes dysfunction of muscle cells that help move blood through the circulatory system, a ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy, affecting about 1 in 8,000 people.

Rapid weight loss can cause a greater loss of muscle mass than losing weight slowly. The popularity of newer weight-loss drugs that shed pounds quickly has raised concerns among researchers about how ...

The Difference: Athletic bodies have muscle tone and definition that skinny bodies lack, but significantly less mass than ...

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I am writing this as I am on my way to the 2019 NF Conference in San Francisco organized by the Children’s Tumor Foundation. The annual NF Conference represents the largest meeting of NF scientists ...