History gathering should solicit the patient’s abilities or limitations with these activities of daily living (ADLs). The patient may have mild arthralgias. Lungs are the most common extra muscular ...

Myopathy is a general medical term used to describe a group of disorders that affect skeletal muscle fibers, leading to muscle weakness. Centronuclear myopathies (CNM) are a group of rare and ...

The diagnosis is rare, but devastating – children with congenital muscle disorders often never learn to walk. Until now, there was no chance of recovery, but researchers at the University of Basel and ...

For patients with systemic sclerosis, myopathy is a risk factor for worse outcomes and survival, according to a recent study. Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) as well as myopathy had more severe ...

Capricor Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPR) is a biotechnology firm focused on developing cell and exosome-based treatments for rare diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Capricor's stock ...

Nearly one-third of PM/DM patients are readmitted within 180 days. Common causes of readmission include PM exacerbations and sepsis. Female patients, obese patients, patients with comorbid conditions, ...

Cardiac complications in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are the result of cardiac muscle involvement that accompanies the deterioration of skeletal muscle in the disease. The use of ...

An 81-year-old man presented to our emergency department with a 3-day history of fever and cough and was given a diagnosis of pneumonia. He reported a 9-kg weight loss over 2 years. He also reported ...

Capricor plans to commence the filing of a BLA in October of 2024 seeking full approval of deramiocel for the treatment of DMD-cardiomyopathy with full submission expected by year-end 2024. The BLA ...

Malignancies may initially present with muscle weakness and elevated muscle enzymes. Age and gender-specific cancer screening should be completed or updated in those with a myopathic process. 9,10 ...