Ancient Chinese Workout Rivals Gym Machines in Prediabetes Trial
A 12-week randomised trial in China found that Baduanjin Qigong and equipment-based exercise both significantly improved blood sugar control and ...
Tag: body composition
Muscle Fat, Not Muscle Mass, May Signal Early Setbacks in Radioactive Tumor Therapy
A large retrospective analysis from Munich found that fatty infiltration of muscle, but not muscle quantity, showed a tentative link ...
Twelve Weeks of Strength Training Reshapes Aging Bodies Unevenly, Study Finds
A 12-week resistance training study in healthy older adults found that functional performance improved consistently while pain, quality of life, ...
Antipsychotics May Disrupt Youth Metabolism in Two Distinct Ways, Landmark Study Finds
A year-long study of 510 youths found that antipsychotics disrupt metabolism through two distinct pathways, one driven by fat gain ...
Muscle Mass and Sarcopenia Emerge as Powerful Predictors of Survival in ALS
A Spanish cohort study finds that low appendicular skeletal muscle mass and sarcopenia independently predict mortality in ALS, with sarcopenia ...
Diabetes Drug Face-Off: New Japanese Trial Tests Whether a Popular SGLT2 Inhibitor Eats Away at Muscle
A Japanese randomized trial will compare the SGLT2 inhibitor tofogliflozin with glimepiride to determine whether popular diabetes drugs erode skeletal ...
AI Reads Body Fat on CT Scans to Predict Sepsis Survival
A deep learning analysis of abdominal CT scans shows that where the body stores fat, not overall weight, predicts survival ...
Low Muscle Mass Emerges as a Powerful Predictor of Death in Cancer Patients
A nationwide cohort study of over 635,000 South Korean cancer patients found that low muscle mass independently raised the risk ...
Body Composition May Predict Chemotherapy Toxicity in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
A new review finds that muscle mass, fat distribution, and sarcopenic obesity strongly influence chemotherapy toxicity in early-stage breast cancer, ...
Fat Mass Prediction Models Face a Global Stress Test Across 30 Countries
A benchmark analysis tested widely used anthropometric fat mass prediction models against previously unseen data from 8,228 adults across 30 ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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