Statistics around mechanical ventilation tell a sobering story. Every year, 2.5 million U.S. patients require mechanical ventilation in order to support breathing in a variety of life-threatening ...

As adults age, they’re more likely to fall, be hospitalized, or develop chronic disease, and muscle disuse increases these risks. The research team wanted to find a therapeutic solution that could ...

“Cellular senescence and disrupted proteostasis induced by myotube atrophy are prevented with low-dose metformin and leucine cocktail.” Aging coincides with the accumulation of senescent cells within ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers defined the sonographic diaphragm phenotype of long coronavirus disease (COVID) patients with unspecific fatigue and dyspnea.