Being merely moderately fit - walking briskly half an hour a day - can lower the risk of having a stroke, according to a new study whose findings apply to women as well as men. Much of the previous ...

June 18, 2008 (San Francisco) — A long-term follow-up study has shown that higher levels of physical fitness confer a survival advantage for men with type 2 diabetes, whether the patient is obese, ...

Women with high physical fitness at middle age were nearly 90 percent less likely to develop dementia decades later, compared to women who were moderately fit, according to a new study. The study ...

Physically fit patients with the irregular heartbeat atrial fibrillation (AF) are most likely to benefit from ablation, a new study finds. Patients who are less fit are hospitalized more often, ...