Inclusion body myositis is a type of myositis, or muscle inflammation. Inclusion body myositis mainly affects males, but females can get it too. It’s also known as inflammatory myopathy or sporadic ...

Early-onset IBM challenges age-centric diagnostic criteria, with symptoms appearing in patients younger than 46. Younger IBM patients show a higher rate of mitochondrial DNA mutations, indicating ...

Veterans who served their country at home and abroad are finding that they have more in common than just their service. They’re developing symptoms of a very slowly progressing disease called ...

Marine Corps veteran Tierney Mayer-Tucker, who deployed twice to the Persian Gulf, said that doctors for years misdiagnosed and dismissed a growing array of vague medical symptoms he was experiencing ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Southern Oregon veteran who spent 21 years serving his country is now fighting a different kind of battle — one against a rare, incurable muscle disease and a Veterans ...

The National Academies was asked by the VA to examine whether military service and toxic exposures are connected to diseases ...