Bimagrumab was shown to result in less total weight loss but better body composition. The fact that medication alone can cause fat loss and muscle gain at the same time was a "major breakthrough," ...

Muscle mass increased or remained stable relative to body weight in middle-aged mice and humans on GLP-1 drugs.

For a little over a century, modern weight loss medications have worked to provide a slimming solution that mature adults can count on. Subsequently, reduction drugs such as glucagon-like peptide-1 ...

Researchers found that GLP-1 medicines caused weight loss mainly through fat reduction, with only modest decreases in absolute muscle mass and no disproportionate loss of muscle function. In mice, ...

The problem is that at about age 30, adults already begin losing muscle at about 3-5%  every 10 years, according to the ...

While muscle aches typically resolve independently, people can take medications, such as muscle relaxants and pain relievers, to help reduce symptoms. Muscle aches, also known as myalgia, can occur in ...

A new study suggests that combining two medicines may help people lose a large amount of weight while protecting their muscles at the same time. The research looked at a treatment that uses ...

Gym chains, nutrition startups and drugmakers all want to solve a common issue among people who take weight loss drugs. By Dani Blum As drugs like Ozempic become increasingly popular for weight loss, ...