Health
Avoid inflammatory food to help save aging muscles, says researcher
If you're aged over 65 and having trouble unscrewing a jar or climbing a staircase, you may want to check your diet for inflammatory foods.
Jan 22, 2024
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News tagged with muscle
Genetics
Zebrafish's eye muscles give hope for people with muscular dystrophy diseases
Muscular dystrophies are a group of diseases in which proteins in the muscles do not function properly, either through inherited or spontaneous mutations. This, in turn, leads to muscle tissue breaking down over time and ...
Jan 22, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Analysis of brain tumor blood vessels yields a candidate therapy—and a platform to find more
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has generated a granular portrait of how the cellular and molecular components of the blood vessels that feed brain metastases of melanoma and lung and breast cancers differ from those of healthy ...
Jan 18, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Stroke therapy shoe empowers patients' recovery
In a rural village near Guadalajara, Mexico, Maria Magdalena Valencia Juares, known as Elena, has to climb 120 stairs to get to her home on the top of a hill. It's a source of exercise for the 70-year-old and the connection ...
Jan 17, 2024
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Medical research
Scientists find that smooth muscles of the digestive system are sensitive to zero gravity
RUDN University scientists have discovered that in weightlessness, the contractile activity of smooth muscles in the hollow organs of the gastrointestinal tract is disrupted. New data must be taken into account when planning ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Impacts during everyday physical activity can slow bone loss
A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, found that the bone mineral density at the femoral neck decreased, but the structural properties were maintained or even slightly improved during a year-long multicomponent ...
Jan 15, 2024
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Diabetes
Study finds increased body and abdominal fat cause insulin resistance in teenagers, raising type 2 diabetes risk
High fat mass in adolescence causes insulin resistance, which can lead to a vicious cycle of worsening insulin resistance and obesity by young adulthood, a new study shows. However, having a high muscle mass partially protects ...
Jan 15, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Uncovering the link to combating muscle atrophy caused by aging and immobility
The loss of muscle mass, or muscle atrophy, is a relatively common condition in today's aging and increasingly sedentary societies. While the disuse of muscles is the most frequent catalyst for muscle atrophy, there are several ...
Jan 12, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
A noninvasive method for assessing muscular health in an aging population
As individuals age, maintaining muscular health becomes increasingly crucial, where the loss of muscle mass and strength is linked to a higher risk of falls and reduced physical activity. Now, researchers from Japan have ...
Jan 11, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study suggests incontinence in women could point to future disability
If you are one of the 30% to 50% of women experiencing urinary incontinence, new research suggests that it could turn into a bigger health issue.
Jan 10, 2024
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