exercise and fitness

Exercise Stops Stem Cell Drop in Middle Age

A new study confirms that exercise can reverse the age-related decline in the production of neural stem cells in the hippocampus of the mouse brain. This may happen because exercise restores a brain...

Simple Methods to Cut Your Cancer Risk by 25 Percent

Regular physical activity can significantly lower a woman's risk of developing cancer, but skimping on sleep can eliminate those gains, a new study has found.In a long-term study of nearly 6,000 U.S....

Exercise Gives Aging Brains a Boost

A new study confirms that exercise can reverse the age-related decline in the production of neural stem cells in the hippocampus of the mouse brain, and suggests that this happens because exercise...

Learning How to Walk to Reduce Pain

Few of us think we need a course in walking any more than we’d need a course in breathing, but Jonathan FitzGordon, a yoga teacher and owner of Yoga Center of Brooklyn, insists that most Americans...

Simple Technique Helps Chocoholics Stop Snacking

A walk of just fifteen minutes in duration can reduce chocolate cravings, according to new research. Following three days without chocolate, 25 regular chocolate eaters were asked to either complete...

How to Avoid Infections at the Gym

High school, college, and pro athletes in sports including wrestling and baseball have come down with staph infections in recent years, in some cases MRSA, the potentially deadly strain that is...

Vigorous Exercise Cuts Breast Cancer Risk

Vigorous activity can reduce the risk of breast cancer by about 30 percent, according to an 11-year study of more than 32,000 postmenopausal women. Vigorous activity was defined as heavy housework...

How Exercise Can Slow Down Your Aging

Exercise is much like calorie restriction, in that there are few aspects of aging not improved by its practice. Now, a review of research has found that regular aerobic exercise can reverse...

The Amazing Power of Music Revealed

More than 7,000 runners who recently raced in a half-marathon in London were under the influence of a powerful performance-enhancing stimulant -- pop music. The music at London's "Run to the Beat"...

Can Bad Times Be Healthy?

Most people are worried about the health of the economy. But the economy also affects your health -- and not always in the way you might expect. The data on how an economic downturn influences health...