New research on sex and muscle signaling offers insight into how muscle functions, such as exercise, promote healthy longevity, metabolism, and cognition.

Tiny proteins called nanobodies derived from llama antibodies could lead to safer ways to treat pain, irregular heart rhythms, and seizures.

Mixing it up your strength training regimen at the gym will make you stronger, but won't do much to grow your muscles.

New research in mice clarifies why regeneration can stall after traumatic muscle loss, in which significant chunks of muscle are destroyed.

If you're a runner who likes to wear thick, cushiony running shoes, new reasearch is good news: They don't increase leg stiffness.

Weak quadriceps after ACL surgery isn't only the result of muscle atrophy. New research uncovers a second cause.

Researchers have developed a way to make super strong fibers out of synthetic muscle. It could make for tough clothes or even protective gear.

Leaky bladder strikes many women in middle age. A new website, MyConfidentBladder.com, offers strategies for addressing the problem.

New research shows that a certain type of blood vessel cell in muscles multiplies rapidly upon exercise, forming new blood vessels.

Researchers are taking advantage of tiny hydra's transparency to learn how they sense touch.