The American College of Sports Medicine and Centers for Disease Control recommend aiming for 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise every week for all adults over age 18; this breaks down ...

Researchers sought to determine factors that prevent patients with hemophilia from engaging in physical activity. Barriers related to body function, personal beliefs or attitudes, and environmental ...

Aim: To address high rates of inactivity and related chronic diseases among African–American women. Materials & methods: Eleven focus groups on physical activity barriers for African–American women in ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 incurs high healthcare costs, driven by age and comorbidities like cardiac and respiratory issues. Early detection and integrated management of multisystemic complications ...

The National Cancer Policy Forum convened a workshop to examine the potential for weight management and physical activity interventions to improve health outcomes for cancer survivors. The workshop ...

In my last post, I described a behavior change system. This system describes how your cognitions, social networks, and structural environment all influence the determinants of behavior. The ...

Smartphone health care applications are widely used to support weight management and broader lifestyle improvement. However, ...

In older mice treated by the researchers, the blood-brain barrier was restored – shown by the pink dye not spreading much into the higher areas of the image. (Villeda Lab) Among its numerous health ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a biological process that may explain why exercise sharpens thinking and ...