Let’s get one thing straight: Muscle is muscle. Despite what many fitness influencers may have you believe, there’s no such thing as "lean muscle" or "bulk muscle." It’s all made from the same stuff.

IF YOUR MAIN FITNESS goal is to add mass and chisel out your figure, then the thought of building "lean muscle" likely sounds rather appealing. After all, why would you dedicate hours in the gym and ...

A large meta-analysis breaks down how much lean mass creatine adds and who benefits most ...

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New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that patients using GLP-1 or combined GLP-1 / GIP receptor agonist therapy for ...

Altimmune, Inc. shares surged nearly 30% after positive Phase 2 clinical study results for pemvidutide, a GLP-1/glucagon dual receptor agonist for obesity and MASH. Pemvidutide may compete with Novo ...

Weight loss drugs have soared in popularity in the past year, helping some lose dramatic amounts of weight — but not all that weight is fat. Some of that is actually lean mass, which is everything in ...

High levels of lean muscle might protect against Alzheimer's disease, suggests a large study published in the open access journal BMJ Medicine. However, further research is needed to tease out the ...

Lean muscle mass may offer protection against the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD), new research suggests. Investigators analyzed data on over 450,000 participants in the UK Biobank as well as ...