Researchers have uncovered a molecular “switch” that helps explain why exercise keeps ageing muscles healthy. By reducing ...

Regular exercise may do more than strengthen muscles — it could also help the body fight cancer. A new study from Duke-NUS ...

In 1981, a researcher at Mount Sinai School of Medicine named William Fitzgerald noticed something strange—his blood pressure ...

A pack-a-day smoker can spend around $14,000 a year on cigarettes, yet despite the financial and health costs, quitting ...

Cancer cases are projected to double in the next 25 years, the World Health Organization warned today, as medical progress ...

Student Program hosts local high school students in grades 11 and 12 for an inside look at the many career opportunities at a ...

Your dog doesn't need more space. New research says it needs more chances to sniff - here's why that matters.

Ambitious studies have been examining the protective effects of diet, exercise and socializing — with surprising results.

A sweeping new analysis of the evidence suggests that exercise therapy — long promoted as a first-line treatment for osteoarthritis — may offer only small and short-lived relief, and in some cases ...

Diamond Light Source and ISIS Neutron and Muon Source face cuts of up to 20% as Science and Technology Facilities Council seeks savings ...

Reasons to be Cheerful reports that cycling improves focus in kids, especially those with ADHD, as seen in Spooner Middle School's successful Riding for Focus program.

Citizen science turns morning walks along Washington’s coastline into environmental surveys, a camping trip with friends into an in-depth exploration of fauna, and a swim in the ocean into a scavenger ...