Op-Ed: What I tell my patients—and what I try to practice myself—is this: you don’t need perfection. You just need to move.

(Science Photo Library/Canva) Exercise works wonders throughout the human body, including the brain. Research suggests an ...

Stretching your brain might be the better description. Do a crossword puzzle a day and you may just get good at crosswords.

A new study has found that running changes gut bacteria and lowers a key receptor in the brain’s memory center. That link ...

A growing body of research suggests exercise can be beneficial for cognitive health.

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Just one 15-minute session of aerobic exercise floods the brain with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein ...

Following a simple, guideline-based aerobic workout programme for a year could make the brain “measurably younger”, scientists claim in a new study. Researchers found that regularly following the ...

A new study aims to explain exercise’s protective effect on the brain from neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. Guille eFaingold/Stocksy While there is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s ...

A single exercise session increased electrical activity in a brain region tied to learning and memory, a first-of-its-kind ...

You know exercise is good for you, but your brain still resists it like it’s punishment rather than reward. The problem isn’t willpower or discipline – it’s that your neural pathways haven’t learned ...

One of the brain’s biggest benefits from exercise – the birth of new neurons – may not even require any movement. Instead, the beneficial “packages” circulating in the blood after working out can be ...