Harvard scientists find that exercise variety is good but not too much and only certain types. Take the findings with a grain ...

Burn more, weigh less. Sounds simple, right? Not exactly. A new study is challenging conventional wisdom about exercise and weight loss, suggesting your workout may not burn as many calories as you ...

The findings suggest that incorporating regular physical activity could play a key role in mental health treatment.

During the study, participants tracked and reported how much time they spent exercising each week. They categorized the workouts, recording time spent walking, jogging, biking, rowing, playing racket ...

Experts discuss the small but promising study.

Physical activity has long been promoted as a treatment option for anxiety and depression, largely because it helps release ...

Researchers used data from a five-decade long study.

A simple brain-training exercise could reduce people's risk of developing dementia by 25 percent, a study said Monday, but ...

One type of cognitive training appears to reduce the risk of dementia 20 years later. Even a modest amount of mental exercise appears to reduce the risk of dementia for decades. NPR's John Hamilton ...

Using exercise as exposure therapy helped people with panic disorder reduce feelings of distress and anxiety, in a new study.

You might want to consider mixing up the different types of exercise you do throughout the week: a new study has found a ...