Let’s start thinking differently about exercise. Here’s how we know. Animal exercise studies typically run rats for weeks on running wheels. The animals gleefully run every night, sprinting several ...

It’s now hot to trot. A rising fitness trend has fans channeling their inner animal by walking, running and even jumping on all fours, a form of movement known as “quadrobics.” The unconventional ...

As part of an ongoing national research effort to better understand how physical activity improves health and prevents disease, seven University of Colorado Department of Medicine faculty members ...

Consuming an unhealthy diet rich in sugars and fats can lead to obesity and also increase the risk of depression. A new study conducted in rats shows that exercise can help counter depressive and ...

Aquatic therapy and treadmill exercise offer innovative approaches to enhancing physical rehabilitation and performance across a range of animal species, particularly equine athletes. These modalities ...

Share on Pinterest A new study suggests that aerobic exercise may help reshape part of the body’s nervous system. Getty Images A rat study has found that aerobic exercise may reshape nerves that ...

Working out at different times of the day might have unique benefits for health, an ambitious new study in mice suggests. By Gretchen Reynolds Morning exercise has very different effects on metabolism ...

Galileo had his telescope, Louis Pasteur had a compound microscope and American scientists today have … the treadmill? Something about the turning belt gets researchers going, particularly when ...