A new discovery may explain why so many people abandon cholesterol-lowering statins because of muscle pain and weakness.

For decades, statins have been the quiet workhorses of cardiology, cutting heart attack and stroke risk for millions while leaving a stubborn puzzle unsolved: why do some patients feel their muscles ...

Scientists have discovered how exercise protects aging muscles by suppressing DEAF1, a molecule they identified as a driver ...

- Muscle cells, also known as myocytes, are specialized cells designed for contraction and force production. Skeletal Muscle Cells: These cells are long, cylindrical, and have a striated (or striped) ...

For years, people taking one of the world’s most common heart drugs have described the same nagging side effect: sore, aching muscles that can be bad enough to make them stop treatment. Now ...

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.