Staying physically active helps seniors boost energy, improve mood, and strengthen the mind-body connection. (Leslie Sokol's Dance photo) The connection between your physical and mental well-being is ...

Emma Hsiaowen Chen receives funding from Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé - Formation de doctorat 2024-2025 (346910). Her MSc work presented here was funded by the Canadian Graduate Scholarships - ...

If you’re overweight, over 50, or just don’t enjoy working out, Zumba may be one of the best workouts—and the most fun type ...

When I first met 79-year-old Anne Thibodeaux, she was fresh out of two back-to-back workout classes and excited to show me what she was reading for book club. The book was "Outlive," a longevity ...

HELSINKI, Finland—The more recreational activity postmenopausal women can do at any level, the lower their likelihood of stroke, data from the Women’s Health Initiative indicate. Each standard ...

A little exercise, even at an older age, does a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to reducing the risks of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, according to results from a new study. Among ...

Older adults who regularly participated in a community-based exercise program were able to slow - and in many cases reverse - declines in cardio fitness and strength that naturally come with age, a ...

Exercise can help reduce the risk of falls—a major cause of injuries in older adults—but only 4% of older Canadian women complete 30 minutes of daily physical activity. As a Ph.D. candidate in health ...