Heatwave body shock: Extreme heat damaging your bones, muscles, and mobility

Doctors warn extreme heat may trigger muscle cramps, joint stiffness, weakness, falls, fractures, and worsening arthritis ...

Muscle Loss vs Fat Loss: Why Dropping Weight Too Fast Destroys Your Long-Term Metabolic Rate

Dr. Amrita Ghosh explains the difference between muscle loss and fat loss. And if you drop weight too fast, it can destroy ...
Science Daily

Brain inflammation triggers muscle weakness after infections

Research reveals how brain inflammation triggers extreme muscle weakness across several diseases, including viral infection, bacterial infection and Alzheimer's disease. The study, in fruit flies and ...
NPR

A discovery in the muscles of long COVID patients may explain exercise troubles

You know that feeling of muscle soreness a day or so after you've done a tough workout? Now imagine that but much more. That's what some people with long COVID face after they exercise. And as NPR's ...
The Conversation

Social media’s push for the perfect muscular body is fuelling a new form of disordered eating — and young men are most at risk

From celebrities and influencers to everyday people, social media is full of content that showcases perfectly toned, muscular bodies – and how to achieve them. Having a muscular physique is no longer ...
Oregonian

Dear Doctor: Does eating bananas really stave off extreme muscle cramps?

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 76-year-old husband has severe muscle cramps. Originally it occurred in his legs, but now it also affects his hands and feet. He screams in pain. Recently he had an attack and asked ...