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By strengthening our muscles, we improve our lifespan.
New research provides a window into how, on a cellular level, exercise can improve muscle health and, ultimately, exercise capacity, which is "the best predictor of mortality in the general population."

A new study published in the journal Nature Communications describes how exercise helps the body to keep the cells in the muscles healthy and strong.

"Whether muscle is healthy or not really determines whether the entire body is healthy or not," says lead researcher Prof. Zhen Yan, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville.

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