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," ...

A new study offers fresh hope for people living with type 2 diabetes and obesity. Researchers report progress toward a pill that lowers blood sugar and boosts fat burning without cutting appetite or ...

Altimmune said its experimental drug in a midstage trial helped patients shed weight but also minimized the loss of muscle mass. Altimmune is one of several smaller biotech companies pushing to ...

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

The diabetes drug Mounjaro will be tested alongside an experimental treatment to study how to maintain muscle mass while losing weight, according to an announcement Thursday—after earlier studies ...

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, ...

Rapid weight loss affects muscle mass and can increase the risk of osteoporosis. But now there is good news for people taking weight loss medication who may be at risk. A new study indicates that the ...

A biotechnology start-up developing lab-grown human muscle tissue has secured £325,000 in investment to accelerate its technology. Myomaker Bio, a spin-out from Loughborough University, has raised the ...

For years, people taking one of the world’s most common heart drugs have described the same nagging side effect: sore, aching muscles that can be bad enough to make them stop treatment. Now ...