Adolescents with a strong hand grip -- an indicator of overall muscle strength -- have better odds of being healthy over time, according to a two-year study of 368 elementary school children. The ...

Dear Doctors: I am a 46-year-old woman, and I recently moved to be closer to my family. I have a new doctor who surprised me by talking about grip strength. She said it’s an important measure of ...

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As various aspects of the COVID pandemic are relaxed, I’m glad that handshakes are returning. I grew up in a time when meeting someone new or greeting old friends was a prompt for direct and energetic ...

Get a grip! Quite literally, this time. Because your grip can tell a lot about your health. It can even predict how long you will live. According to science, a strong handgrip can tell more than your ...

Measuring hand-grip strength may help to spot undetected Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure in people considered at low risk to develop the conditions, says a study in the American Journal of ...