It’s hard not to be excited by the prospect of stem cell research. With their ability to develop into various tissue and organ cells, researchers believe that stem cells could one day be used to address serious health problems. Furthermore, ...
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What Science Says About Exercise and Muscle Fatigue
As any gym rat can tell you, a thorough workout leaves muscles feeling sore and fatigued. Of course, that’s the point – muscles first must be broken down before they can be built up. Aside from trying to boost muscle ...
Read More »Could Stem Cells Prevent Muscle Loss?
Even if you don’t much about them, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about “stem cells” at some point in the past. Stem cells play a major role in the body, and therefore get plenty of attention from medical researchers, ...
Read More »Growing Human Muscle – With Pig Tissue
Regardless of your level of physical activity, it’s a good bet that you’ll suffer at least a few physical injuries in your lifetime. Many of these bumps and bruises are relatively minor, and the body recovers fairly quickly. Unfortunately, this ...
Read More »Rebuilding the Body by Growing Cartilage
When scanning the health section of a news website, there’s a good chance you’ll find stories regarding new developments in the world of medicine. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, since scientists are constantly looking to refine and improve upon ...
Read More »Printing the Body: How 3D Printers Are Changing Medicine
People associate printers with things like photographs and office documents, but can you imagine special printers used to produce physical replicas of body parts? That wasn’t a typo – there may come a time when doctors are able to print ...
Read More »Another Type of Pain: The Symptoms of Gout
There are some conditions that everyone knows about, and there are others that are less well known. For example, if you’re not familiar with it, you probably don’t know what gout is and how it affects the body. Though it ...
Read More »Taking Care of Stretch Marks
If you have stretch marks anywhere on your body, then you know how much of an eyesore they can be. All body types can experience stretch marks, whether you’re short, tall, skinny, overweight, pear-shaped or top-heavy. Making matters worse is ...
Read More »The Chronic Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis
When the term “arthritis” is mentioned, most people think of the common joint pains caused by the wear and tear of aging. And to be sure, in most cases this is an accurate perception. In 2005, an estimated 27 million ...
Read More »The Not-So-Visible Effects of Aging
Say what you will about getting older, but at least it is thoroughly democratic; no matter how healthy your diet, lifestyle and overall appearance might be, everyone eventually succumbs to Father Time’s onslaught. The telltale signs of aging, such as ...
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