Weight-bearing exercises can help increase your bone density, which measures how strong your bones are, to help reduce your ...

Skeletal muscle is the type of muscle that controls movement. Problems with these muscles can be minor, life-threatening, or ongoing problems that make it hard to perform basic daily activities.

A recent study by Harvard University with 20 young adults showed that speed walking increases the force on hip bones by 30% ...

In many ways, bone and muscle tissues are alike. To stay strong and healthy, they need nutrients from our diet and stimulation from various forms of physical activity. These are important at all life ...

Traditionally, doctors and clinicians thought diseases that affect muscles or bones affected those areas specifically. For example, bone diseases only affect bones, or muscle diseases only concerned ...

Dr. Jason Snibbe, the orthopedic surgeon of the LA Clippers, doesn't take a laundry list of buzzy supplements each morning. He swears by three for muscle and bone health.

After sending mice into space, researchers have discovered that blocking or removing certain proteins can prevent muscle and bone loss—findings that could potentially translate into new therapies for ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Weighted vests are becoming a fitness trend on social media. But do they really work? Many people ...

Collagen improves skin, hair and even bone health. Here's the right way to boost collagen production in your body.