Sex hormone decreases over time were associated with decreases in lean mass and physical performance metrics among older men.

You may lose muscle mass as you age. However, sarcopenia is a condition specific to aging that involves more severe muscle loss than what you might otherwise experience. Sarcopenia affects balance ...

Sarcopenia can occur naturally due to aging or other health conditions. But you can help reverse or prevent it by changing your eating habits and also doing certain exercises, such as resistance ...

Discover the truth about muscle loss with age, including when it actually begins and the proven strategies that can reverse ...

However, when gradual muscle loss starts to severely affect an older adult’s strength and ability to live, the condition is diagnosed as sarcopenia. If left untreated, sarcopenia may increase ...

"In the diagnosis of sarcopenia, clinical assessment based on BMI [body mass index] alone is insufficient; therefore, muscle strength testing should be included in the routine anthropometric ...

Mauritius Central Health Laboratory received IAEA support to study sarcopenia and osteoporosis among elderly Mauritians using nuclear and isotopic techniques. (Photo: V. Owino/IAEA) ...

Utilizing the 2014 diagnostic criteria from the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia, the team examined the long-term outcomes of these patients, focusing on the risks of severe disability ...