“The results showed that individuals who were physically active performed better in these cognitive tests, demonstrating [that the] human brain is plastic,” Azizi added. Neuroplasticity is the ability ...

In general, most Americans start to decrease their physical activity as they get older, usually about 10% each decade after age 25. Over the next 2-3 decades, if this trend continues, serious health ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) “Keep your workouts fresh. Change something up every month or so — ...

Rucking, a fitness activity that's growing in popularity, is much simpler than it might sound. Inspired by a military training exercise, it involves walking while carrying a heavy load — usually in a ...

With the explosion of smartwatches, fitness bands and other wearable tracking technologies in recent years, comes the word biometrics. Biometrics, from the Greek for life measurements, is a fancy term ...

Guidelines for teenagers should stress the importance of vigorous physical activity and fitness to cut the risk of heart disease, new research suggests. Guidelines for teenagers should stress the ...

You want to give that special person in your life either a smartwatch or fitness tracker as a present for the holidays. The problem is you’re not sure which type of device to get. Your decision should ...

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas (Aug. 20, 2020) -- Since March, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the need for safety precautions such as face coverings, limited group gatherings and social distancing to be ...

3 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA Correspondence to Dr Xuemei Sui, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street, Columbia ...