Want to help your kids do better in school this fall? Get them moving. That?s the message from a growing field of research linking physical activity with better academic performance.

As Madonna hits the half-century mark this weekend, she may be stepping into a role that even she, with all her marketing savvy, might not have dreamed up: poster child for the 50-and-fabulous set.

Dara Torres, the oldest woman ever to make the U.S. Olympic swim team, is inspiring many middle-aged women to set goals and return to their fitness routines.

Your brain needs more of a time-out than just missing the next game to recover from a concussion. New research suggests student athletes who are too active ? not just on the field, but at home and school ? may hinder their recovery.

Middle-aged members of a runner's club were half as likely to die over a 20-year period as people who did not run, according to a new study.

Treadmill exercise may improve stroke survivors' walking ability by rewiring parts of the brain, according to a new study.

The Dalai Lama has been having "some discomfort" that his doctors say is due to exhaustion and has cleared his schedule for the next three weeks while he undergoes more medical tests.

Hormone therapy can speed prostate cancer spread. University of Rochester researchers say their findings "may revolutionize the way we combat prostate cancer."

Harvard researchers report turning adult pancreas cells directly into insulin-making beta cells -- without regressing the adult cells into stem cells.