Researchers have discovered why cognitive performance improves after exercise: the ‘feel good’ hormone and neurotransmitter dopamine. They found that exercise released dopamine, which produced a ...

High-intensity exercise, like sprinting or lifting heavy weights, will keep you fit and strong. But it will also provide great benefits for you brain, a new study has found. It has long been known ...

A hormone believed to be released by muscles during exercise has been found to reduce levels of a toxic protein associated with Parkinson’s disease. The promising animal studies indicate future ...

We all know exercise is good for your heart, but few of us think about the benefits exercise has on your brain, or, for that matter, your endocrine system. But research shows that regular physical ...

A hormone released from muscles after vigorous exercise could help to treat or prevent breast cancer, says a study in the February issue of the International Journal of Cancer. The hormone, called ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have shown that a hormone secreted into the blood during endurance, or aerobic, exercise reduces levels of a ...

Compound exercises are the foundation of smart strength training, helping you gain muscle, boost hormones, and maximize ...

A new study published in Molecular Psychiatry provides evidence that a single thirty-minute session of physical activity can produce immediate antidepressant effects in both humans and mice. The ...

If you need one more reason to motivate yourself to be more physically active, you can add the exercise-induced hormone irisin to your list. In the past two years, scientists have discovered that a ...

Vigorous workouts may reduce appetite by a greater amount than less intense exercise, a new study suggests. High-intensity exercise suppresses levels of the hormone ghrelin — which is responsible for ...

Researchers have shown that a hormone secreted into the blood during endurance, or aerobic, exercise reduces levels of a protein linked to Parkinson's disease and halts movement problems in mice.