Muscle Building Blog

( University of Veterinary Medicine -- Vienna ) To counter the loss of muscle mass after hard training people may elect to take various dietary supplements -- legal or otherwise. But what can legally be done to help train sport horses? Recent work at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna has shown that a special mixture of amino acids and proteins is able to prevent muscle breakdown in ...

Experts in regenerative medicine use human nerve, muscle cells to create what they say is world's first replacement sphincter

SAN ANTONIO -- The brave new world of regenerative medicine is helping create entirely new ways to heal injuries. One approach showing promise is a method to regrow muscle. Thousands of U.S. troops have been maimed by attacks and explosions in the war on terror. Corporal Isaias Hernandez is one of them. His right leg was mangled in 2004 in Iraq. He lost 70% of his thigh muscle.   “The whole ...

High-dose vitamin D relieves joint and muscle pain for many breast cancer patients taking estrogen-lowering drugs, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Christchurch Hospital's Department of Paediatric Surgery has become the first in the world to create contracting smooth muscle bowel cells, taking scientific medicine one step closer to being able to create a functioning human small intestine.