Muscle Building Blog

A cutting-edge breast reconstruction surgery that uses tissue from a woman's own abdomen to build a new breast after a mastectomy could have a previously unrealized damaging side effect: muscle weakness.

A cutting-edge breast reconstruction surgery that uses tissue from a woman's own abdomen to build a new breast after a mastectomy could have a previously unrealized damaging side effect: muscle weakness.

A new study found animals injected with Botulinum toxin A experienced muscle weakness and atrophy far from the site of injection. The research raises some important questions about the long-term therapeutic use of Botox.

( University of Calgary ) A new study by researchers at the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, found animals injected with Botulinum toxin A experienced muscle weakness and atrophy far from the site of injection.

Dear Dr. Donohue: I am 50. About a month ago, I was told I have a muscle problem in my eyes — myasthenia gravis. I have double vision. It's hard for me to keep my eyelids open. I am on pyridostigmine and prednisone. Will this ever go away? Where did it come from? I am a welder. Did my job have something to do with it?