If you prefer working out at home than at the gym, a set of the best adjustable dumbbells are a great way to improve your ...

Dr. Oster is the founder and chief executive of ParentData and a professor of economics at Brown University. February is the month things go south in our exercise routines. The excitement of New ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered a mechanism that could explain how exercise improves cognition by shoring up the brain’s protective barrier of blood vessels. With age, this network of ...

Ever notice how some people seem weirdly unbothered by the horrible news swirling around us, while others freak out at the slightest inconvenience? As it turns out, our fitness habits might have a lot ...

Exercise pumps up your muscles — but it might also be pumping up your neurons. According to a study published today in Neuron 1, repeated exercise sessions on a treadmill strengthen the wiring in a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The evidence is clear: Exercise has mental health benefits, although studies have come to different conclusions about how large it might be. And yet, when ...

People often complain—and rightly so—that the typical exercise science study involves a half-dozen male undergraduates who follow some sort of workout routine for a couple of weeks. So you can imagine ...

Jack McNamara does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

A brief, intense workout may do more than boost fitness—it could help fight cancer. Researchers found that just 10 minutes of hard exercise releases molecules into the bloodstream that switch on DNA ...

Scientists have hailed the benefits of exercising early in life to lower the risk of your brain degenerating later. But new research suggests that even once you’re 45 or older, it’s not too late to ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Tweaking an exercise routine you’ve done for a while ...

When most people think of longevity, they imagine adding years to their lives. But to Dr. Peter Attia, one of the leading voices in the emerging field of longevity medicine, living longer is about ...