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When I was trained as an American physician, I was never exposed to the concept of muscle strength testing that is utilized as part of the pseudo-scientific field of applied kinesiology (AK). To be ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive disease of the nervous system. It affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord called motor neurons. Motor neurons control muscle movement and ...

Doctors may use a range of tests to diagnose myasthenia gravis (MG), including blood tests, nerve conduction tests, and imaging tests. Myasthenia gravis (mai-uhs-THEE-nee-uh GRAH-viss) is a chronic ...

Knowing when an athlete can safely return to training after intense exercise typically relies on coaches and athletes making best-guess estimates, but a new easy-to-use fingerprint blood test, ...

But what if I told you that you don't need to visit a fancy lab or use strange equipment to get an idea of how strong your leg muscles are? That's right! The answer might just be in the most common ...

Muscles get weaker with age, and it’s easy to read every change inside them as simple decline. New research suggests one of those changes works more like a defense.