Pumping Irony

A new study says you need to take 6,000 steps a day to be a healthy middle-aged woman, but what if you'd rather ride your bicycle?

Does a good night's sleep become more unlikely as you hit your golden years? Not necessarily.

A 5K race on New Year's Day outside in Minneapolis? Seemed like a good idea at the time.

There's no better way to recharge your fitness routine than a little friendly competition.

Ten miles on the bicycle — when interspersed with yoga and acupuncture — makes for a pretty great afternoon.

Can an apple a day keep dementia away? A new study suggests it can — as long as you chew it well.

Vacation's almost over, so it's almost time to get back to the gym. Can I do that without hurting myself?

I've always been leery of interventionist medicine, so I was happy to see a new study suggesting that ignoring a prostate cancer diagnosis is just as effective as treating it.

A new study suggests resveratrol could help geezers stay upright more often, but don't head for the wine bar just yet.

I can't think of a better way to enter my seventh decade than by being completely present right now.

A tennis injury reveals the wisdom behind listening to your body and the surprising advantages we all have over professional athletes.

Golfing has been mostly a social exercise, but what happens if I suddenly start hitting it straight?

A bicycle outing in the north woods results in a whole new way to think of the triathlon.

One happy consequence of aging is the decline in testosterone levels, though a new study suggests that age has nothing to do with it.

There's still hope for those of us who don't always have our brains fully engaged.

Thinking about death might be one of the healthiest things anyone can do.

When it's 70 degrees in March, watching basketball on TV really loses its appeal.

French lessons haven't made me fluent, but at least my brain's getting a good workout.

When I decided to get back on the basketball court a few weeks ago, my main concerns involved sprained ankles, blown-out knees, dislocated fingers and minor heart attacks. I had no idea that my Achilles tendons would capture so much of my attention.

The old colonoscopy debate was renewed again last week, when researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York released a report claiming that the popular screening method (in which pre-cancerous polyps are removed from the colon) cut colorectal cancer–related deaths by 53 percent. The results, according to cancer researchers, prove that colonoscopies save lives.…

For several weeks now, I’ve been having some trouble with my hearing.