Most people understand the importance of proper exercise form, yet they often overlook the significance of breathing ...

Maria is a 42-year-old avid runner who’s been battling chronic hip and low back pain for months. While traditional strength ...

While it is common knowledge that physical exercise is good for us, a lot of the underlying molecular mechanisms remain to be identified. Now researchers from the University of Copenhagen have ...

Muscle physiologist sought an alternative energy source to replace the body's usual one, adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Such a source could control muscle activity, and might lead to new muscle ...

Mitochondria are the cell's power plants and produce the majority of a cell's energy needs through an electrochemical process called electron transport chain coupled to another process known as ...

Gua sha is a technique in traditional East Asian medicine. Some people use it to treat muscle pain and tension, but there is limited research into how well it works. Gua sha aims to move energy, known ...

What Exactly Is Vitamin D? Despite its name, vitamin D isn't a vitamin—it's a hormone. Unlike traditional vitamins that we must obtain solely from food, our bodies can produce vitamin D naturally when ...

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A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Science Translational Medicine, shows that people with type 2 diabetes have lower levels of the protein that breaks down and converts creatine in ...