Most people train calves for appearance or balance, but experts say these lower-leg muscles may also play a major role in heart health and blood flow.

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to new ...

In a large-animal model study, researchers have found that heart attack recovery is aided by injection of heart muscle cell spheroids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, or hiPSCs, that ...

India, April 5 -- Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the leading form of muscular dystrophy that appears in adulthood. While it is best known for causing progressive muscle weakness and loss, the ...

The intricate regulation of skeletal muscle mass and regeneration involves a network of growth and differentiation factors that orchestrate cellular proliferation, differentiation and repair. Central ...