They aim to use it to increase upper body strength and endurance of people with restricted mobility. “My arms are simply getting weaker,” says Michael Hagmann, who was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy known as Bethlem myopathy back in 2016. To compensate for the lack of muscle strength in his arms, Hagmann adjusts his...
By Sally Wadyka June 20, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. EDT Dentists reported a 69 percent jump in patients who clench or grind their teeth during the pandemic, according to the American Dental Association (ADA). And most of these people are probably unaware that they’re doing it. “It’s an almost completely unconscious behavior,” says Vicki Cohn,...
THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY The diabetes drug empagliflozin may decrease the risk of kidney stones in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study presented Sunday, June 12 at ENDO 2022, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga. Diabetes is a well-known risk factor for kidney stones. Empagliflozin (Jardiance) is an SGLT2 inhibitor....
by eLife Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists have shed new light on the effects that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) has on human skeletal muscle, according to a study in men published today in eLife. The findings suggest that HIIT boosts the amount of proteins in skeletal muscle that are essential for energy metabolism and muscle contraction, and chemically alters key metabolic...
by Frontiers Significant Changes in Women with RISE Exercise Training Conducted in the Morning (AM) or Evening (PM). Upper Body Maximal Strength (A), Upper Body Peak Power (B), Upper Body Muscle Strength/Endurance (C), Lower Body Peak Power (D), Abdominal Fat Percent (E), and Fat Mass (F). ap < 0.05 pre vs post pairwise differences; bp...
Regular cycling can greatly improve mobility in patients with myotonic dystrophy (MD), a genetic disease that causes muscle degeneration, a study led by McMaster researchers finds. Cycling for 35 minutes, three times a week, for 12 weeks led to a 32-per-cent increase in overall fitness in people with MD, senior author Mark Tarnopolsky says. Patients who took part...
by Northwestern University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Dr. Prakash Jayabalan has long pondered why more non-operative treatment options aren’t available to patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), particularly because it is the most common cause of disability in the U.S. “Doctors perform approximately 1 million surgical knee replacements each year,” he said. “Of course, a proportion...
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN – FACULTY OF SCIENCE STRENGTH TRAINING For years, it has been assumed that variation in strength-training programmes impacts training outcomes. New research at the University of Copenhagen demonstrates that varied strength training has a positive effect on developing strength, but not on muscle growth. According to the researchers, the answer as to...
by Carol Maher and Ben Singh, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock We’ve all heard those people who say “running gives you a high” or “exercise is addictive,” but for many of us, it’s hard to love exercise. Some might even say they hate it, dread it, or the thought of going to the gym gives them...
by Maria Cheng The foot of Georgia State head basketball coach Ron Hunter rests in a cast as he talks to the media, Monday, March 16, 2015, in Atlanta. Hunter torn his Achilles tendon. New research suggests that surgery may not be needed for most Achilles tendon tears. Doctors have long been divided over whether...
