When the holidays are over, many of us will hit the gym to lose those extra pounds. If you have a job that requires you to get your heart rate up and use your muscles, you may think you're all set.

In a recent article posted to the Public Library of Science (PLOS) ONE journal, investigators analyzed the significance of the physical activity paradox in the risk variables for cardiovascular ...

Keeping physically active as part of a healthy lifestyle matters for cardiovascular health, but new insights from the large Copenhagen General Population Study hint that while leisure-time exercise ...

Good news for those who don’t hit 10,000 steps a day: that number was actually picked as part of a marketing campaign, and not because there’s anything medically special about it. In fact, researchers ...

Physical activity is known to be good for one’s health.1 2 On the other hand, physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour are known to be harmful to health.2 3 Agreement exists about these general ...