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 ...

A grandmother from New Orleans stays healthy at 79 with daily walking, social clubs, and two workouts a day. Science says she ...

Recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses have underscored the potential of dance movement interventions to confer measurable benefits. Synthesised evidence from controlled trials reveals that dance ...

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 have many exercise options that are great for building fitness but easy on the joints. “Low impact” does not mean low quality. The exercises in this article can be great ways to build or ...

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 - ...