Muscle Building Blog

Bears emerge from months of hibernation with their muscleslargely intact. Not so for people, who, if bedridden that long,would lose so much muscle they would have trouble standing.

Minnesota scientists push stem cell therapies into new frontiers Stanford University School of Medicine/California Institute for Regenerative Medicine A fluorescent microscope image showing stem cells. By Sharon Schmickle | Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 Minnesota scientists are advancing stem cell therapies into territory that is so open that doctors and regulators still are shaping practices and ...

Leader of Britain's midwives disputes survey's claims that home birth is riskier than hospital delivery A "concerted and calculated" backlash by some doctors is downplaying the benefits of home births and has involved the use of "flawed" evidence to support claims that babies were more likely to die if not born in hospital, the general secretary of the Royal College of Midwives claims today ...

Gina Anderson is a firm believer that breast-feeding saved her sons life. Ian Anderson, 2, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in May 2009 and has been undergoing chemotherapy treatments ever since. With one session left, it appears little Ian has won his battle, and his mother says doctors have credited his victory, in part, to the fact that he was breast-fed.

GALLERIA - While most women in their 30s are ecstatic to hear the words, "You're pregnant," from their doctors, for Kate Badey and Allison Van Beneden, those words can come with a sense of worry, f...