Physical activity serves as an essential countermeasure for both preventing and managing cardiovascular disease. Many adults do not meet recommended levels of moderate to vigorous-intensity physical ...

Exercising more frequently is associated with a significantly slower decline in measured glomerular filtration rate in a new ...

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 ...

Light physical activity may help lower death risk in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, a condition that includes ...

A lengthy walk can be a step in the right direction when you have concerns about your memory. A new long-term study indicates that getting up from your chair and moving around for a portion of the day ...

Non-communicable disease is a leading threat to global health. Physical inactivity is a large contributor to this problem; in fact, the WHO ranks it as the fourth leading risk factor for overall ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Even small increases in everyday movement may translate into meaningful survival benefits for people ...

In an earlier post, I expressed my concern about poor mental health care in the U.S., and that it stems from the medical physicians who provide 85% of it. It’s not their fault, though. Our medical ...

This post was written by Grant H. Brenner. It is no surprise that the "social determinants of illness"—factors related to various forms of deprivation and decreased education related to socioeconomic ...