News tagged with muscle biopsies
Study shows massage reduces inflammation following strenuous exercise
Most athletes can testify to the pain-relieving, recovery-promoting effects of massage. Now there's a scientific basis that supports booking a session with a massage therapist: On the cellular level massage reduces inflammation ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Researchers quantify muscle soreness
Quantifying how sore a person is after a long workout is a challenge for doctors and researchers, but scientists from Loma Linda and Asuza Pacific Universities think they may have figured it out. Their research ...
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Chocolate milk is choc-full of goodness
(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking chocolate milk can improve muscle recovery after prolonged exercise, a University of Connecticut study finds.
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Chocolate milk is a 'natural' for post-exercise recovery
One of the best post-exercise recovery drinks could already be in your refrigerator, according to new research presented at the American College of Sports Medicine conference this week. In a series of four studies, researchers ...
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Insulin boost restores muscle growth in elderly
When most people think of insulin, they think of diabetes — a disease that arises when, for one reason or another, insulin can't do the critical job of helping the body process sugar. But the hormone has another, less well-known ...
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Experiments show 'artificial gravity' can prevent muscle loss in space
When the Apollo 11 crew got back from the moon, 40 years ago this week, they showed no ill effects from seven days spent in weightlessness. But as American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts began conducting longer-duration ...
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Calorie restriction causes temporal changes in liver metabolism
Moderate calorie restriction causes temporal changes in the liver and skeletal muscle metabolism, whereas moderate weight loss affects muscle, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the Americ ...
May 04, 2009 |
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Rare window on spinal muscular atrophy genetics
Caused by a mutation of the SMN gene, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an infantile and juvenile neurodegenerative disorder where motor neuron loss causes progressive paralysis. A new study published in the open access journal ...
Apr 07, 2009 |
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New staging technique might save bladders in some bladder cancer patients
Pathologists today reported encouraging results from a new technique to increase the accuracy of staging bladder cancer tumors that could reduce the need to remove bladders from some patients.
Mar 09, 2009 |
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