"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When it comes to working out, women often have a mix of goals that go far beyond just aesthetics or ...

Loss of muscle tissue (atrophy) contributes substantially to many common health problems, ranging from aging to diabetes, HIV, cancer, space flight and spinal cord injury 1. Research over the last ...

If you’re looking for an exercise program, you may have heard of strength training or hypertrophy training. They have some similar qualities, but their goals are different. One focuses on building ...

Another active area of research in the laboratory focuses on unraveling the mechanisms behind maladaptive, or pathological, and adaptive, or physiological, cardiac hypertrophy. In response to certain ...

YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD big guys at the gym tossing around the word "hypertrophy" when they talk about their lifting goals — but what does that even mean? Are the principles behind the term just some ...

Your heart is divided into a left and a right side. The right side of your heart pumps blood to your lungs to receive oxygen. The left side pumps the oxygenated blood to the rest of your body. Right ...

The nasal turbinates are long, narrow passageways that help to warm and moisten the air that flows in through the nose. The turbinates are also called the nasal conchae. If the turbinates are too ...