Exercise slows muscle wasting from age and heart failure
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
A four-week exercise program for heart-failure patients slowed muscle-wasting and improved their exercise capacity, regardless of age, according to new research. The study confirms that exercise can reduce inflammation in skeletal muscle. Findings offer a possible avenue for future drug therapy to treat muscle-wasting in heart failure patients.