Fat, not skeletal muscle, accounted for most of the weight loss. According to the study, GLP-1 medicines reduced body fat in obese mice much more than lean body mass, and fat and liver mass fell ...

The first major update to resistance-training guidelines in 17 years delivers one clear message: any amount of resistance training improves strength, muscle size, power and physical function. The new ...

The pelvic floor is one of those body parts we’ve all heard of, but few of us fully understand. But interest in this often-overlooked area – a group of muscles that form a supportive sling at the base ...

Peanut butter is enjoyed by a lot of people and is known to have several health benefits. A recent randomised controlled trial (RCT) analysed whether daily peanut butter could enhance physical ...

One-Hole Split Endoscopic (OSE) discectomy is an emerging minimally invasive technique for lumbar degenerative disease. While OSE offers advantages such as reduced tissue dissection, it is not exempt ...

Adding neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to physiotherapy in hospitalized patients with severe heart failure (HF) — including recent heart transplant recipients and those with implanted ...

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an autosomal dominant skeletal muscle disorder with a prevalence of approximately 1 in 8,000. The disorder is driven by aberrant expression of double ...

Post-stroke dyskinesia often presents a significant challenge, severely impacting the quality of life of the patients. The hands are particularly susceptible to motor function decline following a ...

When we lose weight, we don’t just lose body fat – we lose muscle, too. With millions of people now using weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic, understanding what impact this muscle loss might ...

If you’re someone who trains hard, you probably already know that recovery is just as crucial as the workout itself. But to get out the tight kinks and relieve sore muscles, there is a debate about ...

Throughout my life, I always associated working out with losing weight. Because I’d never had a weight problem or been a heavy person, I wasn’t very active until my 50s, when I gained weight due to ...

Prostaglandins induce the regeneration of muscle in rodents and humans through the prostaglandin E2 receptor EP4 subtype receptor, but this therapeutic pathway's potential is limited due to systemic ...