We don't have to tell our hearts to beat. Yet, heart health can feel so complicated. These days, we're bombarded with advice that changes on a dime on everything from red meat and caffeine to the ...

It’s well known that a sedentary lifestyle is bad for your health. It increases your risk of heart disease, decreases your muscle strength and is linked to certain kinds of cancer. Roughly 80% of jobs ...

The viral fitness trend prioritizes healthy habit-building over step count and intensity. Here's how it worked for me.

A large study suggested that older women who took at least 4,000 steps 1-2 days per week had lower risks of death and heart disease. Participants who reached that threshold 3 or more days per week had ...

4000 steps once/twice weekly is associated with 26% lower risk of death rising to 40% if done on 3 days of the week; But it’s daily step count rather than number of days that matters, findings suggest ...

Step count thresholds for reducing the risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) varied according to genetic susceptibility, with individuals at high polygenic risk requiring higher daily step counts to achieve ...

People at heightened risk of Alzheimer’s disease may be able to slow their cognitive decline by taking more daily steps, a new study suggests. Researchers found people with early, presymptomatic ...