Exposures to silica dust, solvents or heavy metals increase the likelihood of developing various forms of myositis, ...

Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) is another autoimmune disorder affecting the muscles, particularly in the arms and legs. It progresses slowly, leading to difficulty with everyday tasks like gripping ...

There is an underdiagnosed condition called statin-induced autoimmune myopathy. It can take years to show up and can be hard ...

Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) presents with a characteristic ... The cause of sIBM is unclear, but two processes-one autoimmune and the other degenerative-appear to occur in parallel.

Doctors don’t know whether the muscle symptoms are caused by the virus or by the body’s immune system reaction to the virus. The symptoms vary by type of juvenile myositis. Early on ...

We reviewed 99 patients with sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM), searching for a coexisting autoimmune disease, other conditions with altered immune function, or the presence of autoantibodies.

Dr. Paik’s clinical and research interests center on neuromuscular manifestations of autoimmune diseases, particularly myositis and scleroderma. Her current research focuses on the mechanisms of ...

New research from Tokyo, Japan could help clarify the role of proinflammatory mediators in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory myopathies, such as polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Elevated ...

Popular actress Samantha Prabhu, last week, announced on Instagram that she was suffering from an autoimmune disease called Myositis. The actress is only 35 years old. According to doctors ...

Cabaletta Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: CABA), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing and launching the first curative targeted cell therapies designed specifically for patients with ...

argenx is also seeking approval in many other autoimmune disorders. My last article focused on the company's prospects in myositis, a rare group of disorders in which the immune system attacks ...