WELLNESS / FITNESS

Mind Your Heart

Your outlook can affect your heart by leading you do adopt healthy or unhealthy habits. Doctors are starting to address patients' mindsets. >

Exercise to your Heart’s Content

It's pretty hard to do too much exercise. And every bump up in exertion reduces your risk of heart problems even more. >

Fit and Fat? Not Really

Exercise is good for you, but it can't counteract the bad effects excess weight has on your body. You also need to watch what you eat. >

Resolution Road

How you word your New Year's resolutions can put you on track for success -- or failure. Plus tips for giving your willpower a helping hand. >

Fitness Monitors Can Track COVID, Too

Activity trackers and the health data they gather can help catch coronavirus infections early and reduce their spread. >

Desk Work's Mental Dividends

It may not do much for your physique or heart rate, but being a desk jockey offers some long-term cognitive benefits. >

Lifestyle and Alzheimer's Risk

A combination of these lifestyle traits appears to substantially reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease. >

Newbie Exercisers Beware

Don't believe everything, or maybe anything, you read on the Web when it comes to exercise. Few sites reflect current guidelines. >

Learning New Tricks

Don't let self-quarantine lead to a lack of exercise. It could make it harder to learn new physical skills later on. >

Your Priorities for a Healthy Old Age

There's one risk factor for chronic disease that out-weighs most others. Can you guess what it is? >

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