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8 daily exercises that combat muscle loss as effectively as weight training after 50

After age 50, most adults gradually lose muscle mass and strength unless they regularly challenge their muscles. Research ...
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3 elite functional moves that preserve brain health and muscle power after 60

Stop coasting with minimal effort. By strategically integrating resistance training, balance work, and short bursts of power, ...
SpaceNews

Nutritional supplements may combat muscle loss

Early indications show that nutritional supplements may lessen muscle atrophy brought on by space travel, prolonged bed confinement or immobility. To study space travel’s effect on muscles, Dr. Robert ...
Science Daily

Possible target to combat muscle wasting

The pathological atrophy of skeletal muscle is a serious biomedical problem for which no effective treatment is currently available. Those most affected populations are the elderly diagnosed with ...
SpaceNews

UTMB researchers learned how to better combat muscle loss during space flights

A new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has further documented how muscles are affected by reduced gravity conditions during space flight missions and uncovered how ...
Nature

Muscle wasting in disease: molecular mechanisms and promising therapies

Muscle wasting is a debilitating condition that develops with ageing and more rapidly with inactivity (bed rest) and in various systemic diseases (for example, cancer, renal failure, chronic ...
News Medical

New study may help combat loss of muscle mass associated with aging

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that the muscle regeneration promoted by aerobic exercise is mediated by changes in oxygen consumption by satellite cells, ...
News Medical

Researchers identify new strategy to combat loss of skeletal muscle mass

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have shown for the first time that stimulating expression of a protein naturally produced by the human body can be a strategy to combat loss ...
Science Daily

Researchers learned how to better combat muscle loss during space flights

A new study has further documented how muscles are affected by reduced gravity conditions during space flight missions and uncovered how exercise and hormone treatments can be tailored to minimize ...