Forget the "meathead" stereotypes; heavy lower-body training is actually a high-performance fuel injection for your cognitive health and emotional resilience.

Fermented foods have been staples in traditional diets for centuries — but modern science is finally catching up to why they’ve stood the test of time. From supporting digestion to sharpening mental ...

Standing on one leg requires the brain to integrate information from the eyes, the vestibular system in the inner ear, and the somatosensory system, which senses body position and ground contact.

Heavy leg exercises may increase production of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that supports the growth and maintenance of nerves in the brain, Carbone said. This process, called ...

Years of Winter Olympics training reshape athletes’ brains and bodies, helping them manage cold stress, fatigue, and ...

Balance is a “multifaceted physiological process” that involves vision, the vestibular system in the inner ear and the nervous system, researchers wrote in a 2024 study in the Journal of the American ...

Balance exercises after 50: hold these 3 standing tests, with tips from Felicia Hernandez.

Imagine if keeping your brain in top shape was as routine as brushing your teeth in the morning or exercising before work. Brain health is more than simply the absence of disease; it is the state of ...