A growing body of research suggests exercise can be beneficial for cognitive health.

Doctors often advise exercising your brain to stay sharp but stretching your brain might be the better description.

Leisure physical activity is consistently associated with improved emotional well-being across the lifespan, with evidence suggesting that stress reduction, resilience, and social support partially ...

Keeping your brain active through social interaction, learning new skills and regular exercise could play an important role in protecting long term brain health. Psychologist Kimberley Wilson joined ...

A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing the brain’s blood vessels. It's the missing link between exercise and ...

Exercise can also offer an important change of scenery, social outing or simply a dedicated distraction for a short period of ...

A single exercise session increased electrical activity in a brain region tied to learning and memory, a first-of-its-kind ...

Staying sharp as we age is top of mind for many of us. The brain is the body’s command center, yet cognitive function naturally shifts over time. While some factors, like genetics, are beyond your ...

When mice exercise, their livers release GPLD1 into the bloodstream. The enzyme travels to the blood vessels surrounding the brain and removes TNAP from the surface of those cells. By trimming away ...

One physician calls his tip "the closest thing we have to a miracle drug." ...

Sleep: Chronic sleep deprivation is a common consequence of our on-call shifts, which can lead to increased inflammation and exacerbate mental health issues like anxiety and depression. Quality sleep ...