Cachexia — significant loss of weight and muscle mass — has a massive impact on cancer outcomes and patient quality of life. The sooner it is detected, the better chance there is to manage it.
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Working one arm or leg could help strengthen the corresponding injured or immobilised limb and also stop it wasting away from lack of use.
Months not eating or moving don’t result in muscle wasting and loss of function for animals that hibernate. New research found gut microbes help their hosts hold onto and use nitrogen to build proteins.
NASA’s latest mission to the International Space Station is going to study muscle wasting, among other things. Here’s what they hope to find out.
People have used bodybuilding to improve their physical performance for at least 1,500 years. The first recorded example was the sixth-century wrestler, Milo of Croton, in southern Italy. Milo reportedly…
Permanent disconnection between nerves and muscles may be the cause of muscle degeneration in older Australians. Sarcopenia…
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Professor of Exercise and Ageing, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Exercise Physiology Across the Lifespan, Deakin University
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Lecturer, University of Exeter
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Professor of Space Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Ken Nosaka é um amigo do The Conversation.
Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor (Research) and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, Deakin University
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Professor Emeritus of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal
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PhD Candidate, Biomolecular Sciences, Laurentian University
