http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A collaborative research team including a Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) pediatric neuropathologist successfully mitigated some of the effects of a muscular disease by using a new targeted enzyme replacement therapy strategy from 4s3 Bioscience. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-enzyme-therapy-results-x-linked-myotubular.html Genetics Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:38:17 EST news278077010 Myopathy refers to a muscular disease in which muscle fibers do not function, resulting in muscular weakness and wasting. Vitamin D deficiency is a well-recognized cause of myopathy, and excessive drinking is often associated with low or subnormal levels of vitamin D. A review of studies of the relationship between alcohol-related myopathy and vitamin D deficiency indicates that vitamin D deficiency might partly explain the occurrence of the frequently observed myopathy in chronic alcoholism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-vitamin-d-deficiency-contribute-alcohol-related.html Addiction Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:00:16 EST news274696452 (AP)—Doctors are preparing an emergency one-off stem cell treatment for 2-year-old Venetian girl suffering a severe muscular disease after a judge revoked an order blocking the cure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-oks-stem-cell-year-old-girl.html Medical research Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:00:03 EST news264933799 The study of muscular system protein myostatin has been of great interest to researchers as a potential therapeutic target for people with muscular disorders. Although much is known about how myostatin affects muscle growth, there has been disagreement about what types of muscle cells it acts upon. New research from a team including Carnegie's Chen-Ming Fan and Christoph Lepper narrows down the field to one likely type of cell. Their work is published the week of August 6 by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-muscle-disease-therapeutic.html Medical research Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:00:14 EST news263481097 Mitochondrial depletion syndrome accounts for about 11 percent of the cases of children born with common myopathies and a more mild form of the syndrome affecting adults. A new finding by Cornell researchers may lead to a nutrition-based treatment with B vitamins. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-discovery-mitochndria-syndrome-treatment.html Medical research Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:12:52 EST news235890724