/channels/taxonomy/term/9411/all en /channels/channels/news/muscle-discovery-aging-and-memory-plus-other-stories-341562 <p><img alt="muscle" src="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/channels/image/muscle-actin-myosins-web.jpg" style="width:100%" /></p> <h2>Muscle discovery may lead to better drugs</h2> <p>The smallest constituents of muscles, myosin and actin, may be targeted to contribute to more effective treatment methods against heart and muscle diseases, say a group of international researchers at 平特五不中 and Linnaeus University.</p> Thu, 08 Sep 2022 20:17:43 +0000 webfull 182246 at /channels /channels/channels/news/montreal-researchers-probe-muscle-loss-disease-elderly-300374 <p>A team of Montreal researchers has devised a new set of criteria to better diagnose a disease that affects the elderly, sarcopenia, which causes loss of muscle mass.</p> <p>The improved criteria raise hopes that physicians will be able to detect the disease in people earlier, and therefore, to recommend certain types of exercise and nutrition to stem the loss of muscle mass, say scientists at the Research Institute of the 平特五不中 Health Centre.</p> Fri, 06 Sep 2019 20:16:14 +0000 webfull 152744 at /channels /channels/news/less-body-fat-toddlers-taking-vitamin-d-260693 <p><em><strong>By Fergus Grieve,聽<a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/">平特五不中 Newsroom</a></strong></em></p> <p><em>Supplement given during first year of life critical for muscle-mass development</em></p> <p>A healthy intake of vitamin D in the first year of life appears to set children up to have more muscle mass and less body fat as toddlers, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatric Obesity.</p> Mon, 02 May 2016 14:14:05 +0000 webfull 118623 at /channels /channels/news/less-body-fat-toddlers-taking-vitamin-d-260696 <p>聽</p> <p>Supplement given during first year of life critical for muscle-mass development</p> <p>A healthy intake of vitamin D in the first year of life appears to set children up to have more muscle mass and less body fat as toddlers, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatric Obesity.</p> <p>The findings emerged from research initially aimed at confirming the importance of vitamin D for bone density. The additional benefit in terms of body composition came as a surprise for the research team.</p> Mon, 02 May 2016 14:53:48 +0000 webfull 118626 at /channels