Search Results for 'Muscle atrophy'
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Heart health
The human heart is a muscle, about the size of your fist. Each day, your heart beats around 100,000 times. This continuously pumps five litres of blood around your body through a network of blood vessels, your circulatory system. This delivers oxygen and nutrients to all parts of your body to help your organs and muscles work properly. Your blood also carries away unwanted carbon dioxide and waste products.
TD calls for lifting of age restriction on drug which treats muscle wasting
A local TD is accusing the HSE of being “petty” and “blatantly unfair” regarding the restriction of the approval of the use of the drug Spinraza to people solely under 18 years.