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Inhibiting Myostatin in Fish, Creating Muscular Trout
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A 10-year effort by a University of Rhode Island scientist to develop transgenic rainbow trout with enhanced muscle growth has yielded fish with what have been described as six-pack abs and muscular shoulders that could provide a boost to the commercial aquaculture industry. Terry Bradley, a URI professor of fisheries and aquaculture, said his research [...]
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World Cup Soccer For World Class Muscles and Bones
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An extensive research project has studied the effects of soccer on muscle strength, postural balance, bone mineral density and reflex response to a sudden push in the back among adult women and men. Five scientific articles are now being published in Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports showing that regular participation in soccer [...]
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Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Decreased Strength and Muscle Fat
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There’s an epidemic in progress, and it has nothing to do with the flu. A ground-breaking study published in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found an astonishing 59 per cent of study subjects had too little Vitamin D in their blood. Nearly a quarter of the group had serious deficiencies (less [...]
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Triggering Muscle Development: A Therapeutic Cure For Muscle Wastage?
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Scientists in the UK and Denmark have shown that if elderly men were given growth hormone and exercised their legs showed an appreciable muscle mass increase. Dr. Geoff Goldspink (Royal Free and University College Medical School, UK) says: “This raises the question: Can age-related loss of muscle strength and increased fragility be ameliorated by the [...]
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Broken Bones May No Longer Mean Losing Muscle Gains
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Tiny battery-powered skin patches are being used to keep muscles healthy in people unable to exercise because of broken limbs or other injuries. Musculoskeletal injuries – damage to bones, joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons – are among the most common causes for people seeing GPs or attending emergency physicians. If treatment involves putting the limb [...]
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Aging Muscles: ‘Hard To Build, Easy To Lose’
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Have you ever noticed that people have thinner arms and legs as they get older? As we age it becomes harder to keep our muscles healthy. They get smaller, which decreases strength and increases the likelihood of falls and fractures. New research is showing how this happens — and what to do about it. A [...]
