Want to help your kids do better in school this fall? Get them moving. That?s the message from a growing field of research linking physical activity with better academic performance.

As Madonna hits the half-century mark this weekend, she may be stepping into a role that even she, with all her marketing savvy, might not have dreamed up: poster child for the 50-and-fabulous set.

Dara Torres, the oldest woman ever to make the U.S. Olympic swim team, is inspiring many middle-aged women to set goals and return to their fitness routines.

Your brain needs more of a time-out than just missing the next game to recover from a concussion. New research suggests student athletes who are too active ? not just on the field, but at home and school ? may hinder their recovery.

Middle-aged members of a runner's club were half as likely to die over a 20-year period as people who did not run, according to a new study.

Researchers say that people who think they are undecided about who they will vote for often have already made up their minds at an unconscious level.

A burst aneurysm that led to the death of Ohio Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones is typically linked to risk factors such as family history and high blood pressure.

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs do not increase cancer risk, says Tufts University's Richard Karas, MD, who last year warned of a possible risk.

The vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, will be most cost-effective in the U.S. with universal vaccination of 12-year-old girls and catch-up efforts to vaccinate girls and women ages 13 to 21, researchers say.