Researchers found that GLP-1 medicines caused weight loss mainly through fat reduction, with only modest decreases in absolute muscle mass and no disproportionate loss of muscle function. In mice, ...

New resistance-training guidelines show that any amount of strength training can significantly improve muscle, strength, and ...

For decades, treatment of peripheral artery disease has focused almost exclusively on restoring blood flow. Now, new research ...

It's well known that spaceflight causes muscle atrophy and other biological changes in reduced gravity, and especially in ...

When someone suffers a heart attack and survives, the race is on to limit damage to their heart muscles. There will inevitably be some, but just how much will affect the person’s chances of another ...

The space-faring mice spent about 28 days in those conditions before returning to Earth in April. Mortreux and her colleagues then analyzed the weight, strength and movement of the 23 surviving ...

Humans did not evolve for space. Ironically, because we insist on going there anyway, scientists now know from studying ...

First-in-class oral therapy ATR-258 mimics the effects of exercise - driving fat loss, increasing muscle, and improving metabolism - with broad potential as a novel treatment for muscle-sparing ...

We have identified a macrophage population "Mrep" that plays an essential role in muscle repair. However, in Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), Mrep functions as a pathogenic cell that ...

Dr. Vinay Prasad is out at the Food and Drug Administration for the second and hopefully last time within the past 12 months.

Musculoskeletal disorders are a primary cause of disability worldwide, especially in aging societies like Japan. As individuals age, reductions in muscle mass and physical activity weaken the body's ...

Swallowing is a fundamental human function that supports nutrition and communication. Damage to swallowing muscles can reduce quality of life and even lead to aspiration pneumonia or malnutrition.