Doctors identify these movements as 'fasciculations', because they occur when individual nerve fibers, which control small muscle groups activate independently to produce brief muscle contractions.

It's not often that a pathologist gets to make a diagnosis that works for the patient by preventing treatment from occurring. But thanks to a Johns Hopkins Medicine doctor and his newly reported ...

The clinical distinction between myopathic and neurogenic disorders of the motor unit is often difficult, since both lesions appear as flaccid, areflexic paralyses, often with variable muscular ...

Benign and cancerous calcium phosphate deposits that may look identical on a mammogram have distinct differences in their structures and formation processes, according to researchers at the University ...

Figure 1. The formation of AA and LA metabolites (ASA-COX―acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) cyclooxygenase, PGG―prostaglandin G, LOX―lipoxygenase, HETE―hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids, ...

Serena Williams is sharing a recent health scare — having a benign branchial cyst "the size of a small grapefruit" removed from her neck. The retired tennis legend, who is 43, took to social media ...

Radiotherapy can slow the growth of benign tumors. In some cases, radiotherapy may be able to shrink or eliminate a benign tumor. Radiotherapy is often associated with cancer treatment, but it can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Of 47 individuals with BAP1 tumor predisposition syndrome, 41 presented nail abnormalities. The nail ...

A mysterious illness known as “Havana syndrome” that has caused U.S. diplomats to suffer from symptoms consistent with head trauma may be linked to possible “sonic attacks” by a Russian intelligence ...

Neutrophils constitute the main infiltrating cell type in Behçet’s syndrome lesions. By producing excessive levels of reactive oxygen species and releasing neutrophil extracellular traps, neutrophils ...