Medically reviewed by Andrea L. Braden, MD Key Takeaways Weight gain in women after 50 is common. Hormonal changes, slower metabolism, and loss of muscle mass all make it easier to gain weight.Changes ...

If you don’t use it, you lose it. That’s common wisdom, backed up by science, about what happens to aging muscles. And if your goal is to lose weight – whether you have obesity or a few pounds to drop ...

A third of the weight lost via weight-loss jabs is not fat but rather muscle and bone, research has found. Experts said ...

New research to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May) shows that ...

Dr. Neel Raval is a board-certified sports medicine physician with Providence Health Services in Los Angeles. Dr. Raval's expertise lies in the conservative, non-surgical management of musculoskeletal ...

If you've seen a loved one take a bad fall — like my mother did a few months ago — you know the importance of muscle strength. Muscle mass peaks in our 30s and then starts a long, slow decline. Muscle ...

New research has a simple message for older women: Muscle matters for living a longer, healthier life. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, followed thousands of women over the age of 62 and ...