Being proactive and following these tips could help keep your bones strong well into your golden years. Don't underestimate the power of sleep, healthy food and plenty of exercise.

"Exercise is good for your health" is a well-known phrase, but few people can clearly explain how and why it benefits the human body. A joint research team has discovered a key protein, CLCF1 ...

“Strength training is also really good for bone density because whenever you contract a muscle with force, that muscle, via a tendon, will pull on the bone, and that pulling on the bone is good for ...

Katia Riddle is a correspondent at NPR covering mental health. She has reported extensively on the impact of events such as Hurricane Helene, Los Angeles wildfires and the loneliness epidemic. Prior ...

Your 50s are a crucial decade for bone health. After age 50, bone breakdown outpaces bone formation, accelerating the speed of bone loss. This doesn't mean you're doomed to have brittle bones as you ...

Bone density refers to how much calcium and other minerals make up your bones. When your bones have more minerals, they have a higher bone density, meaning they're stronger and less likely to break.

As conversations around women’s health grow louder, medical experts say menopause, long treated as a private or overlooked ...

It seems like you can't go anywhere without seeing someone wearing a weighted vest. They're at the gym, on hiking trails, in public parks and on social media feeds, where influencers claim wearing one ...