Skeletal muscle loss is a risk factor for developing dementia, according to a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Skeletal muscles ...

Explore the significance of exercise, particularly strength training, to healthy aging, and mitigating the risk of chronic ...

When bones break and there is extreme tissue loss--such as after a car accident or a battlefield injury--current treatments don't often lead to effective healing. But certain stem cells from skeletal ...

Penn Medicine researchers unveiled in a recently published paper that a type of stem cell originating in skeletal muscle cells can turn into bone. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Get Moving: One of the keys to keeping your bones strong and your body mobile is through physical activity,” say the experts at Banner Health. “Like muscles, bones become stronger through ...

Biohybrid robots that run on real muscle are shifting from science fiction toward workable machines. In labs around the world ...

Protein needs are consistent across adulthood. But older adults may need more protein to protect bone and muscle health and ...