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A recent health story is currently making the rounds proclaiming that some forms of exercise, as well as participation in three particular racquet sports, are better than others for your overall health and will help you live longer.

Last week I wrote about exercise and the young — now I want to go to the other end of the age spectrum and provide some evidence that not only is physical activity good for

We all know aerobic exercise (e.g. running, swimming, walking briskly) is good for the heart, and apparently it's also good for the brain. Of course, if one neglects to keep up with the activity, fitness declines. Dr. J.

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Here's a Nintendo-owned augmented reality game that doesn't require sitting on the couch. In fact, you have to walk to play it, and it's taken the U.S. by storm.

The current JAMA has two articles on Alzheimer's

If you want to have a decent estimate of calories you just burned, you can go to any fitness website and look at a table for that kind of activity - or you can spend $70 on a Misfit Shine and get an error rate of over 30 percent.

A recent

That physical activity can benefit health should come as no surprise; but it s not always clear how much is enough (or t