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There in my bedroom, in the middle of the night, I saw my 11-year-old daughter clutching her ribs in agony. In the mad dash to hospital, I tried to stay calm, but I was full of fear and ...

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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered a previously unknown molecule that may explain why people with type 2 diabetes often suffer from muscle weakness and muscle loss—a condition that ...