Your organs are constantly talking to each other in ways we’re only beginning to understand. Tapping into these communication ...

Aging muscles heal more slowly after injury—a frustrating reality familiar to many older adults. A UCLA study conducted in ...

When a car accident or athletic injury destroys more than 20% of a muscle's mass, the body faces a problem it often can't ...

A new UCLA study conducted in mice reveals an unexpected cause: Stem cells in aged muscle accumulate higher levels of a ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University have demonstrated that iron supplementation can significantly alleviate muscle pathology and functional decline in a mouse model of facioscapulohumeral muscular ...

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer ...

Treatment with GRI-0621, an experimental oral therapy from GRI Bio, boosts lung function in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to top-line data from a Phase 2a clinical trial.

Loss of muscle mass (muscle atrophy) can be a result of aging or lifestyle habits, like being inactive or eating a poor diet. Muscle loss can also point to hormone abnormalities or underlying health ...

Chelsea Rae Bourgeois is a health writer and registered dietitian nutritionist with over eight years of experience in the clinical setting. Her writing covers nutrition and overall health topics, ...

Spending time in space comes with serious challenges. One of the biggest is that astronauts’ bodies start to break down. Muscles shrink, bones weaken, and over time, the lack of gravity takes a heavy ...

Background: Loss of dysferlin results in the rare, currently untreatable muscular dystrophy known as Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy 2B (LGMD2B). In LGMD2B mice, skeletal muscle undergoes progressive ...

This is a useful paper regarding the roles of brown adipose tissue and skeletal muscle in thermogenesis in mice, with potential significance for the field. The overall approach is innovative but on ...