Looking at Edwina Brocklesby, the first thing you notice is her ever-present smile, radiating from beneath a sea of bright red curls.

Humans, who evolved to live many decades after they stopped reproducing, also evolved to be relatively active in their later years.

Drinking caffeinated coffee appears to have both beneficial and harmful short-term health effects.

The world’s first biotechnology playground using air-purifying algae has opened at Warsaw’s Copernicus Science Centre.

80-year-old Mahopac resident, Mike Palen, has been weightlifting since the age of 14 and is inspiring both young and old alike.

People rarely walk at a constant speed and a single incline. We change speed when rushing to the next appointment, or going for a stroll.

Huanan Zhang has developed a process that turns clothing fabric into biosensors which measure a muscle's electrical activity as it is worn.

Most people want to live a long and happy life or at least avoid a short and miserable one. If you’re in that majority, then you’re in luck.

Forget bedrest, research from Edith Cowan University has shown exercise may be a key weapon in cancer patients’ battle against the disease.

Exercise is healthy. That is common knowledge. But just how rigorous should that exercise be in order to really impact a person’s fitness?

Gut bacteria might promote the growth of muscles in people suffering from the loss of muscle as typically seen with aging or cancer.

It’s basic exercise knowledge that to gain muscles, you strength train, and to lose fat, you do cardio – right? That's actually wrong!

Getting healthy and reducing mortality risk, increasing physical activity and improving fitness appear to be superior to weight loss.

New research has found that fruit and vegetable consumption and exercise can increase levels of happiness

Walking at least 7,000 steps a day reduced middle-aged people’s risk of premature death from all causes by 50% to 70%, but walking more...

A new study suggests that those who engage in regular exercise may lower their risk of developing anxiety by almost 60%.

Researchers have found further evidence that exercise during pregnancy is good not only for mothers but also for their offspring.

When people set their own exercise goals – and then pursue them immediately – it’s more likely to result in lasting positive changes

As much as 90% of the risk of a heart attack, stroke, or peripheral arterial disease can be explained by smoking and poor eating habits.

Having a structured environment for children, whether during school days or when stuck in quarantine, could benefit children’s health.