Science reveals that your lower legs act as a secondary circulatory pump, pushing blood against gravity to protect your heart and prevent dangerous blood pooling.

Researchers have identified a protein that’s critical to the development of skeletal muscle mass and strength and the tissue’s ability to metabolize glucose. They say their findings may lead to ...

Researchers described what they believe to be the first case of SMA type 4 presenting with a false enlargement of a muscle in ...

HOUSTON – A newly identified gene, atrogin-1, is involved in muscle loss associated with cancer, diabetes, fasting and kidney disease as well as in the atrophy occurring with disuse, inactivity, and ...

We all age. And while humanity's life expectancy has increased dramatically in the modern era, we still struggle with the inevitable health issues our bodies face as we get up in the years. For ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers at The Ohio State University have fabricated the first wearable sensor designed to detect and monitor muscle atrophy. A condition involving the loss of skeletal muscle ...

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 ...