Many of the limitations people accept as “normal aging” are not inevitable. Muscle health is a primary driver of mobility, ...

If your doctor has suggested that you may have a myopathy, you likely have a lot of questions. There are many types of myopathies with different causes and outlooks. Myopathies are a class of diseases ...

Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric condition characterized by a fear of weight gain and reduced calorie consumption that can ...

A new discovery may explain why so many people abandon cholesterol-lowering statins because of muscle pain and weakness.

Rapid weight loss can cause a greater loss of muscle mass than losing weight slowly. The popularity of newer weight-loss drugs that shed pounds quickly has raised concerns among researchers about how ...

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Cutting calories has long been linked to longer life in lab animals, but scientists are now tracing that effect down to the ...

You have 3 different types of muscle: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. Skeletal muscle alone accounts for over 650 different muscles. Have you ever wondered how many muscles you have in your body? The ...

I am writing this as I am on my way to the 2019 NF Conference in San Francisco organized by the Children’s Tumor Foundation. The annual NF Conference represents the largest meeting of NF scientists ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that the protein Musashi-2 (Msi2) plays a key role in the regulation of mass and metabolic processes in skeletal muscle. They ...

It’s hard to accurately measure muscle mass as it depends on various factors. Though the data is limited, research does provide some insight. Your body mass is made up of two components: body fat and ...