Do you always have to max out with weights? And will a week off from the gym wipe out your fitness gains? Smart Fitness answers your workout queries.

If you?re trying to shape up, there?s no shortage of exercise equipment and workouts promising to deliver bigger, better, faster results. But are they really all that?

Maybe you CAN blame being fat on your genes. But there's a way to overcome that family history ? just get three to four hours of moderate activity a day.

Brisk walking led to slight improvements on mental tests for older people with memory problems in what is billed as the first rigorous test of exercise on the aging brain.

Back fat may seem like a particularly stubborn beast, but you can banish it by shaking up your fitness routine with interval training and core-strengtheners such as Pilates.

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC urge parents considering "nontraditional" pets to weigh the health risks those pets may pose to kids.

Children who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder can continue to suffer from the disease as they develop into young adults.

A CT heart scan may help predict the odds of dying over the next 15 years in people with suspected coronary artery disease, new research shows.

A risk-free, early-pregnancy blood test can tell women whether their fetus has Down syndrome. The new DNA test may be available within 3 years.