The Italian Renaissance artist created groundbreaking depictions of humans at a time when the inner workings of the body ...

His engraving Battle of the Nudes shows a remarkable attention to musculature and movement, hinting at his involvement in ...

Drop by just about any gym in America, and you're likely to see a steady parade of dudes walking right past the best cardio ...

A team of researchers led by Emory's Chunhui Xu recently found that heart muscle cells can grow -and survive in the microgravity environment of space. Her findings, published in Biomaterials , show ...

It is not yet known how to reduce the risk of heart problems in those with fatty muscles, although academics suggest their findings could be important for ongoing studies looking at the impact of ...

These include symptoms like shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness, light-headedness, irregular heart rate and rhythm, and changes in blood pressure. Intercostal muscle strains can be difficult to ...

For every 1% increase in fatty muscle fraction, there was a 2% increase in the risk of CMD and a 7% increased risk of future serious heart disease, regardless of other known risk factors and body ...

LA Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh is having a cardiac ablation during the offseason. It's a procedure to treat an irregular heart rhythm. The procedure involves creating tiny scars in the heart that ...

Branches off directly from the arch of the aorta (as it travels down to supply oxygenated blood to the upper body) Passes between the anterior and middle scalene muscles ... Z. Anatomy, thorax, ...

which temporarily weakens the heart muscle. Although often mistaken for a heart attack, this condition is typically reversible within weeks with stress management and medical treatment.

Just like the proteins in our muscles, which convert chemical energy into power to allow us to perform daily tasks, these tiny rotary motors use chemical energy to generate force, store energy ...

The martial arts superstar is zapping his muscles so he bulks up without doing any exercise. "Three minutes is like doing 200 push-ups," he claims. Loading YouTube content This technology ...