For older adults at risk of dementia, regular exercise from light stretching to rigorous aerobics can help slow memory and thinking decline, a new study shows. Alzheimer’s researchers said the ...

Stroke survivors at increased risk of developing dementia do not have therapies to reduce that risk, but new Monash University-led research could help change that. The study, which also involved ...

A new wave of research is showing what the old gym myths about stretching got wrong—and what you really need to do to reap ...

A brief aerobic exercise intervention can augment the benefits of exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), new research suggests. Investigators randomly assigned individuals with ...

While people with medical conditions may require a heart-rate monitor during activity, most of us can use a simpler method to gauge intensity: a scale from 1 to 10 that measures how hard you feel your ...

Find out about the benefits of working out if you have a long-lasting disease and how to exercise safely.

(CNN) — People often bemoan gray hair and wrinkled skin as some of the most unpleasant side effects of aging. It may be discouraging to watch your youthful visage slip away, but the status of your ...

For many people of a certain age, high school gym class began with reaching for their toes. Then, over the years, we were told it was better to stretch after exercise. It turns out, both those things ...

Starting a fitness program is easier than you might think. Follow these five steps.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by a mutation in the DMD gene that prevents dystrophin production, leading to progressive muscle weakness and early mobility challenges. The 2018 DMD ...

It’s a smart move. A recent US study published in the journal Biology found that weight training could take eight years off ...