Even a moderate amount of exercise can have a big impact, whether you’re trying to prevent cancer or you’ve already been diagnosed.

Did you know that exercise actually reprograms your heart at the molecular level? The SERCA pump, responsible for calcium flow in heart cells, becomes stronger with exercise. This helps improve your ...

Exercise is often praised as a simple way to lift your mood. But new research shows the story is more complex. How, where, and why you move may shape your mental health as much as — or more than — how ...

There's a lot of evidence that more exercise helps reduce cancer risk – but why are the two connected? According to a new mouse study, it may be down to a metabolic shift that appears to give muscle ...

Doing a wider variety of physical activities was linked to a lower risk of early death in a recent study.  The benefit held ...

Mixing up your workouts might be the real secret to a longer life. Long-term research tracking over 100,000 people for more ...

This will come as a surprise to no one, but exercise is really good for us. But why it works and how it works are far less understood. Horizons moderator William Brangham explores that with Stanford ...

New trial evidence shows that without structured exercise, weight loss medications may leave physical fitness unchanged, highlighting movement as the key to real functional recovery. Study: Physical ...

Many healthy behaviors help prevent the deterioration of aging, as explained in the book, Improve Your Memory for a Healthy Brain. Memory Is the Canary in Your Brain's Coal Mine. One of the most ...