New research shows lifestyle change can improve women's cardiovascular health.

Walking remains one of the easiest ways to stay active, but new research suggests that adding brief bursts of vigorous ...

America has an obesity problem. The National Institutes of Health estimates that two in five adults are overweight and one out of every three adults are obese. Though a healthy diet has the biggest ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers say current aerobic exercise recommendations may not be sufficient to reduce cardiovascular risk. MoMo Productions/Getty Images Researchers say adults may need to ...

New research suggests that it might take four times the current recommended level of exercise to significantly lower your odds of cardiovascular disease. Reading time 3 minutes Exercise is one of the ...

Exercise generally falls into one of two categories—aerobic or anaerobic—and if your goal is simply to improve your physical fitness, you could probably get by for a while without ever knowing the ...

Bradycardia is the medical term for an unusually slow heart rate. Because symptoms of bradycardia can include tiring easily during exercise, a person with the condition may need to engage in ...

Heart rate recovery (HRR) is the capacity for the heart to return to its natural rate after elevation. It generally measures how quickly the heart rate decreases after exercise. Someone’s heart rate ...

Aerobic exercise, also known as cardio, "involves activities that use large muscle groups rhythmically and continuously, raising the heart and breathing rates," explains Gontang. He says that the word ...