Working out doesn't just build muscle but, in later life, helps maintain a powerful cellular machine that repairs damaged ...

Many of the limitations people accept as “normal aging” are not inevitable. Muscle health is a primary driver of mobility, ...

A study conducted at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, shows that tests of functional mobility and muscle strength can be adapted so that they can be ...

AMES, Iowa – The loss of muscle strength and function, what’s known as sarcopenia, is a natural part of aging. It’s also a growing public health concern because of the risk for falls, injury and ...

Pumping iron isn’t the only way to pump the brakes on age-related muscle loss. While weight training has long been lauded as the key to building and maintaining muscle mass, experts say there are ...

Older adults experience less muscle soreness following exercise according to research which overturns the widespread belief that aging muscles are less resilient. Younger adults were categorized as ...

Eating less may rewire aging muscles in surprisingly different ways for males and females. A new study shows that cutting calorie intake triggers sweeping changes in the proteins of rat skeletal ...

Cutting calories has long been linked to longer life in lab animals, but scientists are now tracing that effect down to the ...