The results suggested even a short exercise program in subjects with pre-existing metabolic disease was enough to substantially alter their skeletal muscle genetic profiles to more closely resemble ...

In a new study, participants underwent an intense bout of exercise after both normal sleep and after three nights of curtailed sleep. When they exercised after curtailed sleep, the levels of the heart ...

One might expect identical twins to have the same health outcomes. But it's not just genetics that makes a notable difference in their weight and in how their genes behave, according to a new study.

Two new studies led by researchers at the University of Illinois have delivered the first clear evidence that the composition of gut bacteria can be changed by exercise alone. Designed to isolate the ...

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NEW YORK (CBS NEWS) - Exercise doesn't only change your body's appearance, it can change your core -- right down to your DNA. A new study in the March issue of Cell Metabolism shows that that when ...

The lower genetic limit of cancer risk for a given individual is substantially elevated with exposure to 'genotoxic' lifestyle behaviours such as smoking, excess caloric intake and low physical ...

Most of us know that we need to be more physically active. Only 20% of American adults get the recommend amount of physical activity—150 minutes of the moderately intense aerobic kind—each week. But ...

Some types of masks are better than others when exercising in crowded spaces. By Gretchen Reynolds Wearing a mask during exercise reduces the risk that we will infect someone else with the novel ...