Senior women were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment or dementia if they did more daily walking and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, according to a new study led by the Herbert ...

Logging hours in the gym isn't the only way to reap the health benefits of exercise. Just four to five minutes of "vigorous physical activity" could reduce cancer risk significantly among people who ...

Getting more vigorous exercise daily may be key to increased longevity. Alon Skuy/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images Research shows that regular exercise results in a lower risk of developing several ...

Those bursts weren’t trivial. In a 2022 study of 25,241 adults, Hamer and colleagues from the University of Sydney found that just three to four one-minute bouts of VILPA per da ...

A six-year analysis of more than 94,000 adults in the U.K. Biobank with no history of heart failure at enrollment has found that engaging in moderate or vigorous physical activity may lower the risk ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Daily bouts of vigorous physical activity for up to 1 minute appeared associated with a 20% reduction in total ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Engaging in recommended amounts of physical activity ...

Although doing any intensity of physical activity is better than doing none, accumulating evidence suggests that vigorous exercise at a higher intensity gives us more bang for the buck than easy, ...

“Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor ...

A new study found that increasing brisk physical activity may help significantly decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease. Brisk activity (such as running or speedwalking) may provide more benefits ...

Why Is Physical Activity Important? Physical activity is an important component of a healthy lifestyle and can improve health outcomes across the lifespan. When we are healthy, we’re more capable of ...