Getting back into exercise after illness can be challenging. Tips for returning to exercise after being sick include starting at home, keeping hydrated, and avoiding overexertion. People who want to ...

National Correspondent; Anchor, "CBS Weekend News" Jericka Duncan is a national correspondent and anchor of the "CBS Weekend News." She's based in New York City. Sara Moniuszko is a health and ...

Traditionally, eating disorder (ED) treatment stipulates that people refrain from exercising based on the assumption that patients will misuse workout practices to compensate for enhanced food intake.

Eccentric exercise focuses on movements, or phases of a movement, that lengthen the muscles. Some examples of eccentric exercise include lowering into a squat or lowering into a press-up. In contrast, ...

Physical therapist and strength coach Susie Spirlock, DPT, played sports and exercised her whole life. “I placed a large part of my identity in what I could do in the gym,” she tells SELF. But after ...

Physical activity improves cognitive and mental health in all sorts of ways. Here’s why, and how to reap the benefits. By Dana G. Smith Growing up in the Netherlands, Henriette van Praag had always ...

A recent study suggests that certain low-impact activities can effectively combat high blood pressure without the need for intense exercise. It comes as a new study reveals the "exercise snack" that ...

Let’s start thinking differently about exercise. Here’s how we know. Animal exercise studies typically run rats for weeks on running wheels. The animals gleefully run every night, sprinting several ...

Welcome to Med Op-Ed, where we highlight recently published editorials. In this installment: Why exercise should be prescribed for hypertension; how to keep artificial intelligence (AI) from eroding ...