NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle-aged and older adults who manage to stay agile may be less likely to suffer a stroke than their less-nimble peers, researchers reported Monday. Sign up here. In a ...

Aerobic and strength training exercises may help preserve physical functioning in older adults with early-stage breast cancer who received chemotherapy. Older adults who had early-stage breast cancer ...

Researchers found that approximately one in five older Canadian adults with diabetes and no pre-pandemic functional limitations developed functional limitations for the first time during the COVID-19 ...

Optimistic older women are more likely to maintain some of their physical abilities as they grow older, researchers have found. A team of scientists from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ...

Lymphoma patients commonly experience declines in physical functioning and quality of life (QoL) that may be reversed with exercise training. We conducted a randomized controlled trial in Edmonton, ...

A brief intervention based on cognitive and behavioral therapy improved physical function in people with long COVID. Improvements were sustained throughout the 12-month study period. Self-reported ...

CONCLUSION: Physical exercise can blunt some of the negative side effects of breast cancer treatment, including reduced physical functioning. Self-directed exercise is an effective way to improve ...

Physical function tests, like grip strength and walking speed, could help predict which older adults are most likely to return to the hospital after discharge, according to new research published in ...

Physical activity reduces chronic disease risks, improves function, and extends lifespan, thus supporting clinicians’ use of exercise prescriptions as a health intervention, new research suggests. A ...