Exercise

Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity

 Want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer? Look no further than exercise. The health benefits of regular exercise and physical activity are hard to ignore. ...

Dance Your Way to Cancer Prevention

Newswise — HOUSTON — When Karen Franklin was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, it was her passion for Zumba® that helped her beat the disease. Franklin’s story, say experts ...

Diet Detective’s 10 Tips for Winter Health and Fitness

1.     Video Games Yes, that's right. Video games like Dancetown or Wii Fit can burn calories. The Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport found that the average heart rate ...

Exercise Excuses Busted

Want to wear out your walking shoes as fast as we do? (Dr. Mike goes through a pair every 12 weeks.) Determined to hit the sidewalk (or treadmill) regularly despite ...

Want to Look and Feel Better This Year While Lowering Your Cancer Risk? Get Moving

If you are among the millions of people who vowed to start the new year by getting in shape so you can look and feel great, there’s even more good ...

Holiday Exercise Tips

For many, the holidays equal shopping, quality time with family and gorging on cookies, cakes and holiday feasts. While the hustle and bustle of the season may tempt you to ...

Weight Training Helps Breast Cancer Survivors

Just as doctors now know heart attack and back pain patients can benefit from physical activity during recovery, a study published in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ...

How to sneak exercise into holiday plans

The holidays create extra duties and extra calories, but U.S. experts suggest exercise be added to everyone's holiday to-do list. Karen Basen-Engquist, a professor in The University of Texas M.D. ...

Exercise helps women prevent uterine cancer

The results of a new study are reinforcing the idea that regular exercise can help prevent cancer, especially in women. The study by the American Association of Cancer Research reveals ...

Walking: The Easiest Exercise

Every magazine I read features models and celebrities running, kickboxing, climbing or stretching. You’d think that people are doing nothing but this stuff all day long, and that we're on ...

Exercise Fights Breast Cancer

Study Shows Vigorous Exercise Reduces Risk of Breast Cancer in African-American Women Oct. 4, 2010 -- Postmenopausal African-American women who exercise vigorously for more than two hours a week can ...

Exercise could cut endometrial cancer risk

LONDON — Women who regularly work up a sweat exercising have a 30 percent lower risk of developing endometrial cancer, a new study says. Researchers at the United States' National Cancer ...