Exercise

Tai Chi, yoga, water exercises and other low-impact workouts may help prevent severe falls among older adults

Instead of just asking questions about how exercise helps our bodies, let’s also consider how it helps our brains

Experts explain how moving in reverse can take pressure off your knees and improve flexibility

Weight training turns out to be as important as aerobic activity for warding off disease

Here’s why your body sheds fat and muscle when you diet

Here’s why older adults naturally lose muscle mass over time and how regular physical activity and resistance training can help

We should pay less attention to children’s weight and more to their overall health by encouraging outdoor play

New research points to different step counts based on age and fitness level

Through better equipment, improved knowledge of head injury and better medical care, we can mitigate the effects of concussion at all levels of football

For decades, assumptions about weight have clouded our view of health

Wearable devices that track our health may do more harm than good

As women’s soccer, rugby and other sports gain popularity, scientists are racing to understand how the female brain responds to head injury