A new study suggests that statins may activate inflammatory "danger signals" inside muscle cells, leading to weakness and ...

An experimental study in Science Advances shows that statins, primarily fluvastatin in these experiments, may promote ...

Muscle is denser than fat, your scale weight might stay the same even as your body transforms.

Loss of muscle mass, also called muscle wasting or atrophy, can happen gradually as part of getting older or more suddenly due to underlying medical conditions. Other factors can contribute, like ...

HOUSTON – A newly identified gene, atrogin-1, is involved in muscle loss associated with cancer, diabetes, fasting and kidney disease as well as in the atrophy occurring with disuse, inactivity, and ...

With the intensification of global population aging, muscle atrophy, characterized by the loss of muscle mass and function, has become an important health issue affecting the elderly. Researchers have ...