Early evidence shows that daily creatine supplementation may help Alzheimer’s patients preserve muscle strength and size, offering a low-cost strategy worth testing in larger trials. Study: Eight ...

LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's trade wars are nudging the global plastics industry toward a painful but necessary restructuring to address acute overcapacity that has kept ...

The contractile responses of esophageal smooth muscle (SM) induced by platelet-activating factor (PAF) involve the activation of L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels (L-type VDCCs), ...

Dystonia is a neurological disorder causing involuntary muscle contractions and abnormal postures. Botulinum toxin (e.g., Botox) is the gold-standard, first-line treatment for focal dystonias, which ...

Dehydration may be one cause of muscle cramps, and some evidence suggests that electrolyte imbalances also contribute to them. Muscle cramps are painful, involuntary contractions of the muscles that ...

Your muscles aren’t just for lifting heavy objects and looking good in photos—they’re actually functioning as a sophisticated chemical factory that produces brain-boosting compounds essential for ...

Kirstyn Hill has worked as a clinical pediatric and women’s health pharmacist since 2020. She was driven to work with a patient population that is not often able to easily speak up for themselves and ...

But take a look at your body under a microscope, and you’ll see that your working muscles are actually contracting in completely different ways depending on the phase of the exercise you’re in—and if ...

Major League Baseball (MLB) demonstrated that the average fastball rose from 91.3 to 94.2 mph, the slider increased from 82.8 to 84.6 mph, and the change-up sped to 85.5 from 81.7 mph. Among other ...

Alex Smith was 11 years old when he lost his right arm in 2003. A drunk driver operating a boat collided with his family’s vessel on Lake Austin, sending him overboard. He hit a propeller, and his arm ...