Dr. Jason Snibbe doesn't take a laundry list of buzzy supplements each morning — he swears by three to build muscle and keep his bones healthy. The official orthopedic surgeon of the LA Clippers, who ...

Katia Riddle is a correspondent at NPR covering mental health. She has reported extensively on the impact of events such as Hurricane Helene, Los Angeles wildfires and the loneliness epidemic. Prior ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Brad Barbin walks with purpose, covering five miles daily to protect his health and strengthen his bones. But this wasn't always his approach to wellness. "I don't ever want to be the ...

You can help increase your bone density through diet, vitamin and mineral supplements, exercise, lifestyle changes, and medications in some cases.

"Exercise is good for your health" is a well-known phrase, but few people can clearly explain how and why it benefits the human body." A joint research team, led by Dr. Yong Ryoul Yang of the Aging ...

Penn Medicine researchers unveiled in a recently published paper that a type of stem cell originating in skeletal muscle cells can turn into bone. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

A bionic knee that directly attaches to the thigh bone and uses implanted electrodes can make a prosthetic leg feel more like a part of the body, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on ...

A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 9 of Aging-US on September 11, 2025, titled "Roles of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in aging-related muscle and bone loss in mice." In this ...

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It seems like you can't go anywhere without seeing someone wearing a weighted vest. They're at the gym, on hiking trails, in public parks and on social media feeds, where influencers claim wearing one ...