Everyone knows the health risks of carrying too much fat around the waist and hips, but UVA Health scientists are developing ...

Science may have come one step closer to understanding why men and women sometimes seem to come from different planets. Photo / Getty Images Breakthrough brain research has uncovered a possible ...

To help you plan your meals and work toward growing your muscles, we discuss how food helps build muscles, and which foods specifically can optimize your workouts. Of course, before making any ...

Working out your muscles may help heal your nerves after injury, by encouraging those neurons to grow faster. In a new study of mouse cells, scientists found that both the biochemical and ...

Building muscle can help strengthen your bones, improve your balance, and decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Many factors play a role in how you can build muscle, including ...

At one point or another, we’ve all experienced the unexpected, intense pain of a muscle cramp. Muscle cramps, also known as muscle spasms or charley horses, are the involuntary contraction of ...

Further research in male Wistar rats demonstrated that 6 weeks of EtOH consumption (75 mmol/kg body weight) altered fatty acid composition in soleus and plantaris muscles, with linoleic (18:2) and ...