Exercise is like medicine for the heart, and just like with medication, you need the right "dose" for it to be effective.

Women need about half as much exercise as men to protect their hearts equally, according to a large study using wearable fitness trackers.

Adults who walk for longer periods, defined as longer than 10 minutes, had substantially lower risks of cardiovascular ...

New research from Australia overturns the old idea that exercise “uses up” heartbeats. It shows that fitter people actually use fewer total heartbeats each day thanks to their lower resting heart ...

The best exercise for over-70s and how often to do it for longevity has been revealed in the 5-year study results ...

Unsurprisingly, the researchers discovered that people who walked more had even greater health gains. Those who walked at ...

Men needed to do roughly nine hours of exercise to see a 30% reduction in their heart disease risk – while women only needed to do around four hours.

The guidelines now advise combining aerobic exercise with resistance training that includes both dynamic and isometric moves—such as planks or wall sits—to help lower blood pressure. If you already ...

Countless ads might lead you to believe you need immunity-strengthening supplements; immunologists swear by something else.

A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association tackles the “modern epidemic” of circadian disruption and its ...

According to new research, men may need to exercise twice as much as women to lower their chances of getting coronary heart ...

A groundbreaking new tool created by an international team of scientists could help doctors spot people at higher risk for ...