A series of recent studies has pinpointed the specific molecules and biological pathways through which physical activity protects the brain from aging, disease, and toxic protein buildup. Researchers ...

Regular physical exercise has been shown to delay and alleviate neurodegenerative disease. However, optimum physical exercise conditions that provide neuronal protection, and more importantly, ...

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 ...

Conventional wisdom says cardio is king for fighting obesity and diabetes. A study involving mice now suggests we should take a closer look at weightlifting. When researchers pitted resistance ...