It also “significantly” cut heart and kidney disease risk.

“This is an interesting study in that variety of physical activities are associated with decreased mortality, irrespective of total physical activity level, suggesting that varying the exercise mode ...

Regularly doing a mix of different types of physical activity may be best for prolonging the lifespan, but the associations aren't linear, pointing to a possible optimal threshold effect, suggests ...

As little as 10 minutes of high-intensity physical activity per day reduces the amount of adipose tissue and enhances cardiorespiratory fitness in 6-8-year-old children, according to a new study from ...

Physical activity of any intensity after a diagnosis of dementia is associated with around a 30% lower risk of death, finds research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The ...

Cancer survivors frequently deal with chronic pain, but a recent study suggests that physical activity may help reduce the severity of that discomfort. While it has been demonstrated that exercise ...

Intensity is a stronger predictor of reduced mortality than overall activity volume Cardiovascular mortality risk decreases by 41% with higher activity intensity Continuous intense exercise is more ...

A new study in Mental Health and Physical Activity offers a detailed look at how high-intensity home exercise impacted the ...

Only one in four adults in South Korea engages in moderate or higher intensity physical activity. In contrast, the rate of physical inactivity among South Korean adults is nearly twice as high as the ...

“I take the elevator 'going down,' but never use it 'going up'!” was the mantra of my hardy and spirited elderly upstairs neighbor (who lived on the 12th floor) of our “Stuy Town” apartment building ...