New research from the University College London found that 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity and sleeping for at least six hours at night could contribute to improved cognitive performance ...

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Most of us have forgotten where we put our phones or car keys or what we ate for dinner last night. We’ve walked into a room and wondered why we even walked in there in the first place. A sharper ...

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, ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Doing moderate-to-vigorous exercise could lead to ...

A daily dose of exercise is good for both mind and body, but how much is enough? To find out, researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) examined more than 50 adults between the ages ...

We've all been there; you walk into a room and forget immediately why you went in there in the first place. Or you suddenly find you're missing your pen, when you're sure you had it only a minute ago.

There is a lot of attention around workouts these days, but most of the focus is on physical health. What often gets overlooked is that your brain needs regular exercise, too. This may come as a ...