A man in his mid-60s with a history of diabetes, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and lung cancer is transported from home to the emergency department (ED) after he experienced 3 ...

Daily Dose: Sudden Weakness In this edition of Daily Dose, a viewer asks Dr. Lacy Anderson what could be causing their sudden generalized weakness.

Diagnosing myasthenia gravis (MG) has changed the epidemiology of the disease and taken on a new importance for patients and researchers with the emergence of new treatment classes in the last several ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that disrupts nerve-to-muscle signaling. This causes muscle weakness that varies in severity. Symptoms can be localized or more widespread.

To accurately assess and diagnose this patient’s condition, the clinician needs to eliminate other possible diagnoses such as dehydration, sepsis, and pulmonary embolism. There is information to ...