Understanding what autoimmune diseases are, what triggers them and how they’re treated can be a powerful first step toward ...

Biomedical engineers have grown muscles in a lab to better understand and test treatments for a group of extremely rare muscle disorders called dysferlinopathy or limb girdle muscular dystrophies 2B ...

A few disorders can greatly impact your daily life, causing discomfort and issues with movements. One such is myasthenia gravis (MG), an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that causes weakness in the ...

Myasthenia gravis, or MG, is "a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness and fatigue," says Hesterlee. It occurs "when a person’s immune system is essentially attacking ...

Neurologic diseases and disorders are now the leading cause of disability nationwide, affecting half the US population. A systematic analysis showed that 1 in 2 people, ie, nearly half the US ...

When these hormones become imbalanced, it can lead to the development of an endocrine disorder. “An endocrine disorder occurs when your body produces either too much or too little of a particular ...

Neurological disorders affect the function of the nervous system. Common pediatric neurological disorders include ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy. Neurological disorders ...

For some young men and boys, body building can lead to unhealthy behaviors. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with NYU psychologist Andrea Vazzana about compulsive exercise and eating disorders in males.