Is Yoga An Exercise? Studies Say 'Yes' Yoga may not have evolved as a physical exercise, but for those who want it to be, it may actually work.

How Exercise Can Make You Happier Exercise is as much of a mental fight as it is a physical one - so it makes sense that working out can provide physical and mental benefits. You...

How Exercise Might Keep Depression at Bay Three new studies involving more than a million men and women strongly suggest that regular exercise makes us resistant to despair.

How Much Exercise Do You Really Need to Protect Against Disease? A new study has linked physical activity to lower risk of five common diseases—but we need more exercise than experts currently recommend.

How Much Exercise Do You Really Need to Protect Against Disease? A new study has linked physical activity to lower risk of five common diseases—but we need more exercise than experts currently recommend.

You're More Likely to Remember Something If You Exercise a Few Hours Later Exercise has long been thought to have memory boosting capabilities, but a new study suggests that delayed physical activity might be the best way to take advantage of those perks.

Want to Boost Workplace Wellness? Focus on Helping Others Be Well Workplace wellness is not just about physical health improvements and lowering insurance costs. In fact, most of the physical elements of workplace wellness programs -- like diet and exercise -- ar...

Physical exercise could help curb symptoms of Alzheimer's Not only can the risk of getting Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia be reduced, but physical activity could in fact be an efficient form of treatment.

Are You at Risk for a Heart Attack After Exercise? Dying after physical activity occurs rarely. But the exercise-related death of a prominent Wall Street executive raises concerns for older people who want to keep active.

Are You at Risk for a Heart Attack After Exercise? Dying after physical activity occurs rarely. But the exercise-related death of a prominent Wall Street executive raises concerns for older people who want to keep active.