The science of why we age is a hot topic, with studies pointing to changes in our chromosomes, cellular stress and epigenetics as culprits. These changes are difficult to reverse with treatments — but ...

Let’s start thinking differently about exercise. Here’s how we know. Animal exercise studies typically run rats for weeks on running wheels. The animals gleefully run every night, sprinting several ...

There has always been a dream that there could be a pill to replace exercise. New research suggests a molecule called betaine, naturally produced by the kidneys, may do just that. According to a new ...

Donald M. Lamkin receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and the UCLA Norman Cousins Center. The global fitness industry will generate over ...

Eccentric exercise focuses on movements, or phases of a movement, that lengthen the muscles. Some examples of eccentric exercise include lowering into a squat or lowering into a press-up. In contrast, ...

Researchers say they've identified a kind of fat that plays a major role in aging and can be controlled with short-term exercise. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The global fitness industry will generate over US$80 billion in revenue in 2023, estimates suggest. And why not, given the many excellent reasons to exercise? Better cardiovascular health, lower risk ...