Your first instinct is to pull your head toward your shoulder, trying to lengthen your stiff, sore muscles. We’ve all been told stretching is a great way to keep your body loose and limber and ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a disorder affecting the motor neurons—nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot ...

An associate professor at a prestigious university in China has posted videos of her working out in the gym to recruit chemistry PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows. Yang Xuemei, 31, from ...

Muscle growth, or hypertrophy, is an increase in the weight of a muscle with no change in the number of fibers present. Depending on your physical needs and goals, you may be interested in taking ...

Confounding data from a Pfizer clinical trial has rattled the field of gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, raising more questions about the regulatory standard used to approve a ...

The first law of strength training is simple: Lift weights, and your muscles get bigger. That’s the fundamental bargain that gets people through the doors of the gym, and it’s true – up to a ...