Health
Can you build muscle in old age? Yes, and an expert has tips
If you're in your 60s, 70s or even older, you might think your days of productively pumping iron are behind you.
Mar 22, 2024
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News tagged with free weights
Surgery
Many would-be kidney donors are ineligible because of their weight or smoking habits: A project helps them qualify
More than 70 kidney transplants were performed every day in the United States last year. Rachel Watson wanted to be one of the donors, but was told she didn't qualify, at first.
Dec 10, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Can I actually target areas to lose fat, like my belly?
Spend some time scrolling social media and you're all-but-guaranteed to see an ad promising to help you with targeted fat loss. These ads promote a concept known as "spot reduction," claiming you can burn fat in a specific ...
Nov 1, 2023
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Sleep disorders
Letting go of extra weight to control sleeping sickness
A new study led by Luísa Figueiredo, group leader at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal), and published in Nature Microbiology found a new strategy by the host to cope with Trypanosoma ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Health
Q&A: Is gluten-free the way to be? A dive into the science
In the past decade, products bearing "gluten-free" labels have taken grocery store shelves by storm. But for generations of people who learned about food groups from visuals of pyramids with "breads and cereals" as their ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Genetics
Intestinal bacteria release molecular 'brake' on weight gain, study finds
Bacteria that live in the intestines inhibit a molecule that limits the amount of fat absorbed, increasing weight gain in mice fed a high-sugar, high-fat diet, researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center report. The findings, ...
Aug 31, 2023
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Health
Am I too old to build muscle? What science says about sarcopenia and building strength later in life
Sarcopenia is the progressive and accelerated loss of muscle mass and strength as we age.
May 17, 2023
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Health
How to strengthen your core
When you're starting or recharging a running program, you may be tempted to focus only on leg strength. But there's another major group of muscles that's just as important to your overall strength, endurance and power—your ...
Apr 10, 2023
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Health
Changing up your fitness routine could help maximize results
Having a structured and consistent workout routine makes a difference in the results you see from working out. But sticking to the same routine for too long can lead you to stop seeing progress as you hit a plateau in your ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Body mass index tied to multiple myeloma survival
Underweight and severe obesity are associated with decreased survival in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), according to a study published online Jan. 12 in the Blood Cancer Journal.
Jan 23, 2023
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