Can’t commit to 150 minutes of exercise weekly? Five minutes of exercise daily, especially if you’re not active, can benefit your health, a new study found.

There has always been a dream that there could be a pill to replace exercise. New research suggests a molecule called betaine, naturally produced by the kidneys, may do just that. According to a new ...

Disparities in participation may be preventing women and racial and ethnic minorities from deriving the full cardiovascular benefits of exercise, according to a new review. Women derive greater ...

Physical activity improves cognitive and mental health in all sorts of ways. Here’s why, and how to reap the benefits. By Dana G. Smith Growing up in the Netherlands, Henriette van Praag had always ...

Working out isn't just skin deep. While social media can make it easy to fall for toxic diet culture or constant comparison ...

Long-term inhalation of toxic air appears to dull the protective power of regular workouts, according to a massive global study spanning more than a decade and over a million adults. While exercise ...

Exercise snacks are short bouts of vigorous exercise that a person performs throughout the day. Possible health benefits include an increase in muscle mass and a reduction in blood sugar levels. If a ...

Let’s start thinking differently about exercise. Here’s how we know. Animal exercise studies typically run rats for weeks on running wheels. The animals gleefully run every night, sprinting several ...

On a brisk afternoon in March 2009 in Ontario, as winter melted into spring, Mark Tarnopolsky and his team at McMaster University sat around a table for their weekly lab meeting. The topic was the ...

A new study has demonstrated the impact resistance exercise training can have in the treatment of anxiety and depressive symptoms. A new study by researchers at University of Limerick in Ireland and ...

Regular exercise can be challenging, whether due to busy schedules, chronic conditions, or mobility issues. That said, a simple daily walk can serve as exercise while offering numerous health benefits ...

AMES, Iowa – People with less consistent brain blood flow patterns may be at greater risk of dementia and cerebrovascular disease. To explore whether regular aerobic exercise can help, researchers at ...