“Our findings suggest that increasing physical activity, even as little as five minutes per day, can reduce dementia risk in ...

A new study suggests that more intense physical activity can deliver the same health benefits as moderate-intensity ...

Exercise has been shown to boost cognition immediately and over the long-term, as well as helping to prevent a number of medical and mental health disorders.

The purpose of this Position Stand is to provide an overview of issues critical to understanding the importance of exercise and physical activity in older adult populations. The Position Stand is ...

Resistance exercise 'activity breaks' at night may improve sleep length, suggest the findings of a small comparative study published in the open access journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.

Groundbreaking research is rewriting the science of how we use energy – and why effort alone won’t shift the scales ...

Exercising for 10 minutes can turn off genes linked to bowel cancer growth, study finds - Exercise sends ‘powerful signals ...

Sleep is as important as exercise for health, new research emphasizes, advising that we first need proper rest in order to ...

Background Clinical guidelines recommend pregnant women without contraindication engage in regular physical activity. This is based on extensive evidence demonstrating the safety and benefits of ...

Ever since high school, Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky has blurred the line between jock and nerd. After working out every morning and doing 200 push-ups, he runs three miles to his lab at McMaster University ...