Decades of research has found that exercise is helpful for overall health and fitness, doing everything from lowering your risk of heart disease to helping you sleep better. According to a new study, ...

A brief session of weightlifting may do more than strengthen muscles. In a Purdue University study, people who lifted weights ...

Adults should aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise – such as brisk walking – each week, or at least 75 minutes ...

A single 30-minute session of moderate exercise on a stationary bicycle increases activation in the circuits of the brain that are associated with semantic memory retrieval — including the hippocampus ...

Most of us have experienced the link between mental health and exercise, whether your burst of feel-good endorphins is coming from a 45-minute HIIT workout or a walk around the block. Exercise can ...

Exercise is known to be good for the body, but what about its impact on the brain? New research reveals that there’s a ...

Training your brain with strategies to improve its ability to recall information may improve memory and delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. Brain training has long been a ...

Scientists continue to illuminate the many ways exercise can positively influence brain health by examining its effects on the many forms of cognitive function, and the latest places a spotlight on ...

Sarah Kremen, MD, Sarah Kremen, MD, is director of the Neurobehavior Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. “Episodic memory is remembering events that have happened, places you’ve ...

In a thought-provoking study, researchers wanted to explore whether badminton or basketball is better for brain power and ...

Researchers sought to find a non-pharmaceutical approach to improving episodic memory in late adulthood—and while their meta-analysis, which looked at 36 studies totaling 2,750 participant, was in no ...