Cognitive “speed training” can reduce the risk of a dementia diagnosis by 25 per cent – that’s according to results from the world’s first randomised controlled trial of any intervention against the ...

Objective To compare the effects of aerobic training combined with muscle strength training (hereafter referred to as combined training) to aerobic training alone on cardiovascular disease risk ...

Physical exercise offers similar benefits for depression as psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, a new systematic review and meta-analysis suggests. Intense exercise and walking or jogging, yoga, and ...

Objectives To evaluate the effects of brief bouts of exercise spread throughout the day, termed ‘exercise snacks’, on cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, and cardiometabolic health outcomes in ...

Fast and complex multi-finger movements generated by the hand exoskeleton. Credit: Shinichi Furuya When it comes to fine-tuned motor skills like playing the piano, practice, they say, makes perfect.

Because of the very nature of their jobs, lone workers need additional training to stay safe. Here are five areas to focus on ...

In medicine, the placebo effect has been known for some time, but can it also show its effects in training? Researchers from ...