Health
Why are my muscles sore after exercise? Hint: It's nothing to do with lactic acid
As many of us hit the gym or go for a run to recover from the silly season, you might notice a bit of extra muscle soreness.
Jan 8, 2024
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News tagged with muscle
Medical research
Pressure-driven foam cell formation revealed as key driver of arterial disease, paving the way for new therapies
A study in Advanced Science unlocks the secrets of how high blood pressure (hypertension) fuels the progression of arterial disease.
Jan 5, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
For cancer patients, maintaining muscle is vital to health and treatment, but staying strong is complicated
Nearly one-third of cancer patients die from a side-effect you've likely never heard of: cancer cachexia.
Jan 5, 2024
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Medications
Deaths tied to 'fake Xanax' street drug are increasing
Three twenty-somethings in Chicago took a street drug they thought was a harmless form of Xanax. All three were found collapsed and unresponsive eight hours later by one of their mothers, who had them rushed to the hospital. ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
An innovative approach for evaluating muscle coordination and fatigue
Surface electromyography (sEMG) is a traditional method used to measure the electrical activity of muscles during physical activity. This method has remained unchanged for over 70 years and involves the use of two standard ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Cardiology
Women, Black men less likely to receive lifesaving heart failure treatments: Study
Access to potentially lifesaving heart failure treatments has increased in recent years, but women and Black men remain far less likely to receive them, new research suggests.
Jan 4, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers discover that tiredness experienced by long COVID patients has a physical cause
Researchers from Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) have discovered that the persistent fatigue in patients with long COVID has a biological cause, namely mitochondria in muscle cells that produce less energy ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Health
Ice baths are popular with celebrities, but what are the health benefits, if any—and risks?
When it comes to workout cool-downs, some people take the idea seriously by dunking themselves in an ice bath. Celebrities like Kim and Kourtney Kardashian and Drake tried this type of cold water therapy at a luxury wellness ...
Jan 3, 2024
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Medications
Calcium channel blockers key to reversing myotonic dystrophy muscle weakness, study finds
New research has identified the specific biological mechanism behind the muscle dysfunction found in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and further shows that calcium channel blockers can reverse these symptoms in animal models ...
Jan 2, 2024
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Health
Resistance (exercise) is far from futile: The unheralded benefits of weight training
Everyone can agree that exercise is healthy. Among its many benefits, exercise improves heart and brain function, aids in controlling weight, slows the effects of aging and helps lower the risks of several chronic diseases.
Jan 2, 2024
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