A little boy was diagnosed with a rare muscle-wasting disease after getting severe leg cramp at a laser tag party. Evan Winter, seven, was slow to progress as a baby and didn’t walk until 20 months ...

A new discovery may explain why so many people abandon cholesterol-lowering statins because of muscle pain and weakness.

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

Muscles are made to move. Stretching and contraction stimulate biochemical pathways within muscle that maintain tissue health. When movement slows—when a broken limb is immobilized in a cast, for ...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers carrying out a small pilot clinical trial demonstrating that a drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive ...

For most of us, everyday life is characterized by a lack of movement. But those long hours sitting at a desk, commuting by car or public transport, and spending leisure time in front of screens also ...