Exercise pumps up your muscles — but it might also be pumping up your neurons. According to a study published today in Neuron 1, repeated exercise sessions on a treadmill strengthen the wiring in a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The evidence is clear: Exercise has mental health benefits, although studies have come to different conclusions about how large it might be. And yet, when ...

I exercise most days, but the number on the scale never moves. What’s even the point? Exercise is not very effective for weight loss, but it’s incredibly beneficial for your physical and mental health ...

Back in 2012, an evolutionary anthropologist named Herman Pontzer published some baffling data from his time among the Hadza, a group of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania. Using a sophisticated technique ...

People often complain—and rightly so—that the typical exercise science study involves a half-dozen male undergraduates who follow some sort of workout routine for a couple of weeks. So you can imagine ...

Researchers say exercise may be just as beneficial as medication, but caution that more studies are needed Getty Exercise may be as beneficial as medication to treat depression New research looked at ...

Dragging yourself out of bed for a workout can be tough under any circumstances, let alone when you’re struggling with depression. But a new scientific review suggests that regular exercise can be as ...

"Exercise tells muscles to ‘clean up and reset,'" said lead author Priscillia Choy Sze Mun, a research assistant with the Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Programme at Duke-NUS. "Lowering DEAF1 helps ...

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Share on Pinterest A recent review shows that exercise may be nearly as effective as therapy for depression. Image Credit: Oleg Breslavtsev/Getty Images A recently updated Cochrane review found that ...

Getting in shape can be easier, and faster, than you might expect. By Christie Aschwanden If you’re resolving to make 2026 the year you finally get fit, here’s a simple way to ensure you meet your ...

A large review of studies suggests that exercise can ease depression about as effectively as psychological therapy. Compared with antidepressants, exercise showed similar benefits, though the evidence ...