Latest Sarcopenia Stories

LUGANO, Switzerland and MEXICO CITY, January 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Swiss pharmaceutical Helsinn Group has granted Latin American specialty company Stendhal exclusive commercialization rights for Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and most of Central American countries, to this novel ghrelin receptor agonist. Anamorelin is a new first-in-class, once daily drug being developed for the treatment of cachexia-anorexia in NSCLC, a serious multifactorial...

LUGANO, Switzerland and MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Melbourne biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) has been granted exclusive commercialisation rights to a new drug for the treatment of NSCLC cachexia-anorexia. This condition is a serious multifactorial disorder which involves muscle wasting and metabolic impairment and commonly affects patients with advanced cancer. STA has reached agreement with Swiss pharmaceutical company...

The study of muscular system protein myostatin has been of great interest to researchers as a potential therapeutic target for people with muscular disorders. Although much is known about how myostatin affects muscle growth, there has been disagreement about what types of muscle cells it acts upon. New research from a team including Carnegie's Chen-Ming Fan and Christoph Lepper narrows down the field to one likely type of cell. Their work is published the week of August 6 by Proceedings of...

It's not how old but how frail patients are that can predict how well they will fare after a melanoma diagnosis. In fact, young patients in poor health may have worse outcomes than older patients in good shape. A new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds that patients with decreased core muscle density were more likely to see their cancer spread to distant parts of the body. These findings may also support the idea that the patient's biological response...

Study suggests strength training is key to preventing age-related muscle loss in older adults Indianapolis, IN (Vocus/PRWEB) February 01, 2011 Adults who begin lifting weights early in life may benefit from decreased age-related muscle loss and live independently longer, according to a report published this month by the American College of Sports Medicine. The report, titled "Influence of Resistance Exercise on Lean Body Mass in Aging Adults: A Meta-Analysis," was published in Medicine...

TAU uncovers muscle-stem cell mechanism in agingWorking out can help you shed pounds "” but that's just the beginning. New research from Tel Aviv University has found that "endurance exercises," like a Central Park jog or a spinning class, can make us look younger. The key, exercise, unlocks the stem cells of our muscles.Prof. Dafna Benayahu and her team at Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine say their findings explain for the first time why older people who have...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- With 60% of consumers 50 years and above having at least one preventable chronic health concern, Registered Dietitians provide important healthcare management support for consumers. Understanding the growing need for more research around the changing life of "baby boomers," BeneVia® is releasing the results of clinical research revealing improved health outcomes for age-associated health issues and healthy aging at the Food & Nutrition...

Imagine not being able to stand up because you can't carry your own body weight. To prevent this, incorporate resistance weight training into your routine, said an expert at Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu)."As we age, we slowly start to lose lean muscle mass, and resistance weight training is the only way to slow this down," said Dr. Robert Roush, associate professor of medicine "“ geriatrics (http://www.bcm.edu/medicine/geriatrics/?pmid=7761) at BCM. "It's never too late to...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Nutritional recommendations for the management of sarcopenia -- also described as age-related muscle and functional loss -- were published this past week in the clinical publication, Journal of American Medical Directors Association (July - Volume 11:391 -396) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20627179). It suggests that while adequate protein supplementation might slow loss of muscle mass, a high leucine and essential amino acid protein blend...

Sarcopenia "” low skeletal muscle mass and strength "” is often found in obese people and older adults; it has been hypothesized that sarcopenia puts individuals at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.To gauge the effect of sarcopenia on insulin resistance (the root cause of Type 2 diabetes) and blood glucose levels in both obese and non-obese people, UCLA researchers performed a cross-sectional analysis of data on 14,528 people from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey...