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.

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.

Rosemary Jacobs, a 66-year-old Vermont woman, says she has permamently gray skin (argyria) due to colloidal silver.

Omega-3 fatty acids may help some older adults avoid dementia and live longer -- but they may not be brighten the moods of seniors who aren't depressed, three new studies show.

Nearly half of Americans are likely to develop arthritis in at least one knee by age 85, a study shows.

A new analysis by the American Lung Association does not support a link between the asthma and allergy drug Singulair and depression and suicide.