Decades of research has found that exercise is helpful for overall health and fitness, doing everything from lowering your risk of heart disease to helping you sleep better. According to a new study, ...

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

Adults who followed aerobic exercise guidelines showed slower brain aging on MRI, offering clues for midlife brain health.

Physical rehabilitation and symptom management still remain the mainstay of treatment for stroke, as clot removal or ...

Ever taken a long break from the gym, whether because of an injury, burnout, or just life, and found that your body still remembers how to move? Maybe your form clicks back into place, or the strength ...

Everyone wants to keep their memory sharp and their brain functioning well as they age. But some of the tips on how to support cognition can be overwhelming, like the common advice to learn a new ...

A single 30-minute session of moderate exercise on a stationary bicycle increases activation in the circuits of the brain that are associated with semantic memory retrieval — including the hippocampus ...

A daily dose of exercise is good for both mind and body, but how much is enough? To find out, researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) examined more than 50 adults between the ages ...