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What a Body Composition Screening Is — and What It Says About Your Health

ON THIS PAGEWhat It IsWho Should Get ItTypesUnderstanding Your ResultsA body composition test measures percentages of fat, bone, and muscle in the body. It can provide a snapshot of your overall ...
Healthcare in Europe

Tracking Duchenne muscular dystrophy with blood biomarkers

Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the University of Florida have found hundreds of blood proteins ...
Technology Networks

Blood Biomarkers Could Help To Monitor Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center and the University of Florida have found hundreds of blood proteins in ...
Nature

Validity of mid-arm muscular area measured by anthropometry in nonobese patients with increased muscle atrophy and variation of subcutaneous fat thickness

The anthropometric measurement of mid-arm muscular area (MAMA) involves overestimation because of various assumptions, this overestimation being progressive with increasing adiposity. However, the ...

If You Can Do This Many Push-Ups Over 55, Your Chest and Arms Beat Most People Your Age

See the push-up counts that signal top strength after 55, plus an easy plan to add 1 to 2 clean reps each week.
Healthline

How Much Muscle Mass Should I Have, and How Do I Measure It?

It’s hard to accurately measure muscle mass as it depends on various factors. Though the data is limited, research does provide some insight. Your body mass is made up of two components: body fat and ...
Science Daily

Tools to measure skeletal muscle function in patients with mitochondrial disease

Researchers successfully developed and validated a new outcome measure to monitor disease severity and progression in patients with impaired skeletal muscle function caused by mitochondrial disease.
Ars Technica

Measure your muscle and fat anywhere with Skulpt Chisel

It can be hard to see progress when you're trying to get fit. Pounds don't fly off in a week, and massive muscles don't appear overnight. But a company called Skulpt wants to make it easier for you to ...
CNN

BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. Here’s a better way to measure weight

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code ...