Tag: exercise

Weight loss competitions have joined the reality show craze on television. However, researchers from Brown University and Miriam Hospital’s Weight Control and Diabetes Program...

It's 9 a.m. in the office, time for my daily medication. As usual, I slink off to the fire escape for my fix. Twenty minutes later, I'm back at my desk, brimming with vitality and raring to go.

A brisk walk, pumping iron, even a roll in the hay can make your systolic blood pressure rise - temporarily. But if, like "Southland's"...

Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating and cruel disease. Researchers in Spain have published preliminary studies that provide early hope that use of melatonin and...

In a recent study published in the professional medical journal Obesity, researchers have found that women who are overweight experience less pleasure from sex...

Many people who struggle with dieting and exercise often set their ideal weight when trying to get slimmer. However, in a study published in...

Q: My doc says I'm headed for type 2 diabetes if I don't do something to get in shape. I don't mind the gym,...

According to the report Too Fat to Fight, 27 percent of young Americans are physically unfit to enlist in the armed forces. How's that...

If there weren't enough good reasons to exercise, here's another one: A new study finds that exercise improves memory and reduces the risk for...

Fit middle-age adults have medical costs that are 38 percent lower later in life, compared with their unfit counterparts, according to a study that...