With over 600 skeletal muscles in the human body, nearly every movement relies on proper muscle function. Whether it's seeing ...

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

Dr. Lippard agrees that the “use it or lose it” principle definitely applies to muscle strength. “A sedentary lifestyle ...

Roxana Ehsani, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Board-Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics. She works as a media spokesperson, nutrition consultant, recipe developer ...

New research has identified the enzyme glutamate dehydrogenase 1 (GLUD1) as a new therapeutic target for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). In preclinical DMD mouse models, investigators demonstrated ...

Still dealing with a tight hip or weak glute—despite all the foam rolling, stretching, and strengthening? Or, maybe you’ve had an injury that keeps flaring up, even though you thought it was finally ...

A research consortium led by Nestlé Research in Switzerland and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) made a recent discovery that the natural molecule ...

When muscle pain strikes, many reach for over-the-counter pain relievers without considering what might be missing from their body. Magnesium, an essential mineral involved in hundreds of biochemical ...

This report presents results of a comparison perineal muscle function between antepartum and postpartum measurements in a cohort of women with different perineal conditions after childbirth. Data were ...

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