A 47-year-long Swedish study at Karolinska Institutet reveals how fitness, strength, and muscle endurance change during ...

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

Physical activity has emerged as one of the most potent behavioral interventions influencing brain function, learning, memory, and a wide range of cognitive ...

Is it just showing up, or how hard you muscle it out? Sports science research studying American adults is proposing an answer ...

Introduction Achieving physical activity recommendations for health as part of mental healthcare for adults with severe mental illness (SMI) could enhance clinical, functional and quality of life ...

When legendary sports scientist Carl Foster was honored by the American College of Sports Medicine last year, he was asked which among his 570 peer-reviewed publications was his favorite. He singled ...

Objectives To investigate associations between daily physical activity, activity intensity and step counts with incident cancer risk. Methods Prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants who wore ...

Low intensity exercise encompasses activities that aren’t challenging and don’t increase your heart rate much. It can still provide health benefits, particularly when done more often. Exercise is ...

A comprehensive study of nearly 70,000 middle-aged and older Chinese adults reveals that moderate physical activity provides the greatest benefits for healthy aging, with high activity showing added ...

Risk for new-onset hypertension is decreased in patients that increase their average intensity level of regular physical activity. Increasing the average intensity level of regular physical activity ...