muscle
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We lose muscle mass as we age, notes Dr. Michael Joyner, an anesthesiologist and exercise expert at the Mayo Clinic.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
This approach allowed the researchers to pinpoint exactly where inflammation and tissue damage appeared in organs such as fat tissue, muscle, liver, and peripheral nerves.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
Early symptoms resemble those of other, more common diseases: fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache and sore throat.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Dominic Solanke and Dominic Calvert-Lewin made the England squad for the March friendlies, but the Tottenham forward is a doubt because of a muscle injury.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
The steer ran awkwardly and the bull caught him, hooked him lightly in the flank, and then turned away and looked up at the crowd on the walls, his crest of muscle rising.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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