Walking may help boost immunity and reduce inflammation in kidney patients, a new study suggests. Both those effects are tied to a lowered risk for heart disease or infections so it's possible walking might also help kidney patients stay healthier longer, although the trial was not...

Are you a time-conscious adult? Setting exercise goals takes less time than you think: A basic workout can be done in 7-15 minutes using your own body weight as resistance. Research from the American College of Sports Medicine supports high-intensity circuit training using one's own body weight...

A structured exercise program may be as good or better than frequently prescribed drugs for some common cardiovascular ailments, a large meta-analysis has found. Researchers evaluated 57 randomized trials testing the effect on mortality of exercise and drugs in four prevention regimens: the secondary prevention of...