New research reveals the danger of ‘fatty muscles’, but there are steps you can take to protect yourself against this hard-to ...

Persistent over-dilation of muscle microvasculature may be one cause of chronic limb-threatening ischemia, recent studies by Kuopio University Hospital and the University of Eastern Finland show. In ...

New research published in the European Heart Journal reveals that 'muscle fat' around muscles can increase the risk of death ...

This is the first study to comprehensively investigate the effects of fatty muscles on heart disease. The new finding adds ...

Humans with relatively more fat hidden in and around their muscles face a higher risk of death or hospitalization from heart ...

New study finds further evidence that existing measures, such as body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference, are not ...

“Knowing that intermuscular fat raises the risk of heart disease gives us another way to identify people who are at high risk ... likely to suffer damage to the tiny blood vessels that serve the heart ...

a condition known as coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD). They were also at increased risk of death or hospitalization due to heart disease. Only a small increase in fatty muscle fraction was ...

The findings, published in the European Heart Journal, added evidence that existing measures, such as body mass index or waist circumference, are not adequate to evaluate the risk of heart disease ...