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10/08/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Glucose-derived dietary supplement increases muscle-force production in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

According to a study, a dietary supplement extracted from glucose can help boost muscle-force production. Researchers involved in the study believe this can one day help patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The study, which involved researchers from Université Laval’s Faculty of Medicine and Centre hospitalier universitaire (CHU) de Québec Research Centre-Université Laval, was published in the scientific periodical […]

05/24/2018 / By Carol Anderson

Your handshake may be a good indicator of how healthy your brain is

A hand grip may be a normal, everyday thing for men and women alike but a recent study showed that the strength of a handshake can indicate a person’s brain health. Using the data of 475,397 people from the general population in the U.K., and 1,162 participants who were diagnosed with schizophrenia, researchers discovered that grip […]

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