Myasthenia gravis, or MG, is "a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness and fatigue," says Hesterlee. It occurs "when a person’s immune system is essentially attacking ...

Former tennis star Monica Seles recently revealed she is living with the rare disease myasthenia gravis, which affects 12 in 100,000 people globally. Seles explained her first symptoms appeared ...

Monica Seles first noticed the symptoms of myasthenia gravis — a neuromuscular autoimmune disease she discussed during a recent interview with The Associated Press — while she was swinging a racket ...

It appeared to be a bad case of stage fright: Nancy Law was speaking at a conference about 20 years ago when suddenly the words wouldn’t come out. “I would begin to say a sentence, and before I would ...

When it comes to muscular diseases, most of us have heard of especially common ones like muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig's disease. But one of the rarest muscular disorders is also one of the most ...

Former US tennis player Monica Seles is speaking about her diagnosis to raise awareness ahead of the US Open. (Getty Images) Nine-time Grand Slam champion Monica Seles has revealed she was diagnosed ...