Staying Strong: How to Prevent Muscle Loss as You Age Muscle loss is often considered an inevitable part of aging—but ...

Building muscle isn’t as simple as just lifting heavy things and hoping for the best. Gaining muscle is not so much about what you do, but rather how you do it. The same exercise could be used to ...

Which exercises are most effective for your pecs? What to know.

In her book, “On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why it Matters," journalist and author Bonnie Tsui explores the biology and beauty of muscles. (Drawing by Bonnie Tsui) For a long time, ...

As people age, muscles naturally lose mass and strength, a condition known as sarcopenia. The decline can make everyday ...

Biomedical engineers have grown muscles in a lab to better understand and test treatments for a group of extremely rare muscle disorders called dysferlinopathy or limb girdle muscular dystrophies 2B ...

A drug that boosts strength in injured or aging mice restores connections between nerves and muscle and suggests ways to combat weakness in humans due to aging, injury or disease. A small molecule ...

Aging muscles heal more slowly after injury—a frustrating reality familiar to many older adults. A UCLA study conducted in ...

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Almost everyone shrinks with old age. Many older adults have more difficulty gaining muscle than they did in their childhood and teenage years. And when it comes to maintaining that muscle, the phrase ...