Exercise can help reduce the risk of falls—a major cause of injuries in older adults—but only 4% of older Canadian women complete 30 minutes of daily physical activity. As a Ph.D. candidate in health ...

A grandmother from New Orleans stays healthy at 79 with daily walking, social clubs, and two workouts a day. Science says she ...

Recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses have underscored the potential of dance movement interventions to confer measurable benefits. Synthesised evidence from controlled trials reveals that dance ...

HELSINKI, Finland—The more recreational activity postmenopausal women can do at any level, the lower their likelihood of stroke, data from the Women’s Health Initiative indicate. Each standard ...

You don't need a background in dance to reap the mental and physical health benefits. (Getty Creative) Dance has been a part of cultures around the world throughout history as a form of ...

A little exercise, even at an older age, does a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to reducing the risks of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, according to results from a new study. Among ...

Older adults have many exercise options that are great for building fitness but easy on the joints. “Low impact” does not mean low quality. The exercises in this article can be great ways to build or ...

Regular exercise and physical activity are important for heart health, especially as we age. Exercise can help reduce the risk of heart disease, and if you already have heart disease, it can help ...

A lower-calorie Mediterranean diet, combined with regular exercise, helped older women lose weight without causing bone density loss, new research suggests. Weight loss, especially quick or ...

Emma Hsiaowen Chen receives funding from Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé - Formation de doctorat 2024-2025 (346910). Her MSc work presented here was funded by the Canadian Graduate Scholarships - ...