The treatment landscape of generalised myasthenia gravis, a prototypic antibody-mediated disorder of the neuromuscular junction, has considerably evolved in the past 8 years.1 The approval of targeted ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) has been treatable for nearly 100 years. In 1934, the Scottish doctor Mary Broadfoot Walker, MD, discovered that the drug physostigmine improved muscle function in people with ...

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) has reported new data from its Phase 3 Vivacity-MG3 trial showing that its therapy IMAAVY ...

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Nicholas J. Silvestri, MD, recounts how the 2025 American Academy of Neurology meeting was an exciting and energizing event, particularly in the realm of myasthenia gravis (MG), where numerous new ...

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Myasthenia gravis patients show higher rates of dysarthria, dysphonia, dysphagia, and aspiration pneumonia compared to non-affected individuals. Despite high disorder rates, most myasthenia gravis ...

It’s a lifelong autoimmune neuromuscular disease. It causes certain muscles to weaken easily after you use them. Muscle fatigue typically varies throughout the day (sometimes hour by hour) and gets ...

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Ocular myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune condition affecting the muscles surrounding and involving the eyes. Symptoms can include double vision, droopy eyelids, and more. Ocular myasthenia gravis ...

Regular low to moderate intensity exercise is usually safe with myasthenia gravis. Exercise may not clearly reduce myasthenia gravis symptoms, but it can improve strength, balance, mobility, endurance ...

Generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) is not hereditary, but genetics may still play a role. Your risk may be slightly higher if you have a family history of autoimmune disease. In gMG, the immune ...