Metformin, touted as the world's most used anti-diabetic drug, has the potential to improve old age disabilities, such as muscle weakness and poor physical performance, according to University of ...

A stooped older woman with a cloth across her head and shoulders. Her bodice is loosely tied. She carried a jug in one hand and wears a simple bag across her body, over an apron. Elderly persons who ...

Scientists from Huazhong University of Science and Technology has introduced an innovative human-following surveillance robot designed to assist individuals with lower limb muscle weakness. A team of ...

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 ...

We found that our analysis of muscle weakness in older people shared common genetic pathways with metabolic diseases such as type-2 diabetes, and auto-immune conditions such as osteoarthritis and ...

Short-term muscle weakness is common and can be caused by something as simple as a tough workout. However, persistent muscle weakness without apparent cause could indicate an underlying health ...

Poorly functioning blood vessels lead to the characteristic muscle weakness that so many cancer patients experience. Artur Plawgo/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Tumors can destroy the blood ...

Hip fracture among the elderly is a significant health crisis. Frequently resulting from a simple fall in individuals with ...

Jalees Rehman receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Tumors can destroy the blood vessels of muscles even when the muscles are nowhere close to the tumor. That is the key finding of ...

Tumors can destroy the blood vessels of muscles even when the muscles are nowhere close to the tumor. That is the key finding of a new study that my colleagues and I recently published in the journal ...