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 ...

It seems like you can't go anywhere without seeing someone wearing a weighted vest. Some say the accessory can help with weight loss and maintaining bone density and muscle. So is there any truth to ...

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 ...

"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 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 ...