The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, according to the doctor. In some cases, using BMI can result in “muscular athletes” ...

A paracrine hormone of skeletal muscle acts as an endocrine signal for the synthesis of a sex hormone. Scientists at McGill ...

Women's Health may earn commission from the ... in the 90s with five-pound weights—in order to preserve her muscle mass. “My doctor was pretty clear that I would have to do weight training ...

Humans with relatively more fat hidden in and around their muscles face a higher risk of death or hospitalization from heart ...

First-of-its-kind study shows a low-impact resistance exercise program increases strength and balance in females irrespective ...

Researchers have established in a new study that depression and skeletal muscle mass significantly influence the risk of ...

Obesity-related diseases such as the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes originate, in part, from the progressive metabolic deterioration of skeletal muscle ... obese women relative to lean ...

Oestrogen may affect muscle ... women. Sex differences in susceptibility to muscle damage are also of interest. This overview will briefly examine these questions and summarise the current evidence ...

Recent findings indicate that widely used weight-loss medications might lead to muscle loss, including vital heart muscle, ...

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