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WASHINGTON - Most people think of exercise as something that burns calories in the moment. A run, a workout class, a long walk - do it, sweat, move on. What happens during the rest of the day is ...

Exercise is known to reduce cancer risk — but that doesn’t have to mean hard-core gym sessions or long runs. A new study led by Oxford researchers reveals that casual walking and other light-intensity ...

A simple combination of daily physical exercise and protein-rich nutritional drinks appears to offer significant health benefits for people with dementia. In a new study from Karolinska Institutet, ...

Experts agree that walking is one of the easiest and most effective ways to improve your health, says Harry Bullmore. Here are the best ways to get the most out of your daily steps ...

It’s not unusual for winter’s shorter days, less sunshine and frigid temperatures to make it more difficult to stay on track with normal activities.

What: In a prospective cohort study of more than 85,000 adults in the United Kingdom, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and University of Oxford found that individuals who engaged ...

A recent study found that higher levels of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness may increase emotional resilience ...

Being physically active for one to two days a week, often called a "weekend warrior," may provide comparable health and life-prolonging benefits as smaller doses of daily physical activity if the ...