Dr. Shields is a physical therapist with a background in English Literature and a passion for healthcare and education. She hopes to combine her clinical expertise with her love of writing, establish ...

Trainers often joke about the difference between “show” muscles and “go” muscles—in other words, muscles that look pretty versus muscles that can actually pull their weight when it counts. Whenever ...

For most people who sit at desks or behind the wheel all day, the problem is often finding time to work out. The good news, according to Dr. Julie Chen, an internal medicine and lifestyle medicine ...

We all know that it is good to exercise for both physical and psychological health. Many of us have also made a promise to start the new year with regular workouts. But many of us do not manage to ...

Research tracking thousands of adults found that staying fit lowered mortality and liver disease risk among drinkers—though rising alcohol use still took a toll. Emerging research suggests that people ...

Exercise prevents brain ageing and memory loss by strengthening the blood–brain barrier, the structure that keeps harmful substances out of the brain 1. Gregor Bieri at the University of California, ...

This will come as a surprise to no one, but exercise is really good for us. But why it works and how it works are far less understood. Horizons moderator William Brangham explores that with Stanford ...

Objective To synthesise meta-analytic outcomes from randomised controlled trials examining exercise effects on depression and anxiety across all population groups, including children and adults with ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered a mechanism that could explain how exercise improves cognition by shoring up the brain’s protective barrier of blood vessels. With age, this network of ...

A sweeping review of global research suggests that exercise—especially aerobic activities like running, swimming, and dancing—can be one of the most powerful ways to ease depression and anxiety.

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As fun as it is to imagine you're an Olympic skier gazing out at a steeply pitched, icy course, visualizing precise, lightning-speed turns, a reality check: Is your workout more like Stacey Brown's?