Viruses can also affect other parts of the body, such as the joints and muscles. Around 2 in 3 people with HCV have rheumatological disorders, such as pain in the joints and muscles. These ...

Lupus raises your chances of heart disease and stroke ... but it can be painful. Lupus can also affect your muscles and cause weakness.

Polymyalgia rheumatica, an inflammatory disorder, causes symptoms of muscle ... mood disorders. This form of arthritis, unlike osteoarthritis, is an autoimmune disorder. When the body’s ...

Neuromuscular disorders affect the nerves that control certain muscles in your body. Some examples include ... Early symptoms include weakness in the lower limbs, feet, and hands.

What's an Autoimmune Disease? Autoimmune diseases result when your immune system is overactive, causing it to attack and damage your body's own ... diseases that affect your muscles, such as ...

A specific gene may play a key role in new treatments that prevent muscle in the body from breaking down ... are a group of congenital genetic diseases that affect muscle tissue and often lead ...

This pear-shaped muscle runs from your lower spine area through your buttocks to the top of your thighs. It’s one of the six short external thigh rotators that helps you shift your body weight ...

"We still don’t know how best to lower the risk for people with fatty muscles. However, understanding how new weight-loss therapies affect fat in muscles relative to elsewhere in the body ...

However, little is known about this type of body ... we can lower the risk for people with fatty muscles. For example, we don't know how treatments such as new weight-loss therapies affect fat ...

Rebecca Amery received research funding from a Research Training Program scholarship with Charles Darwin University and a Top-Up Industry Scholarship from the MJD Foundation. Julie Gungunbuy works ...