Benefits of Exercise for Older People. Staying in shape has a wide range of benefits when you’re older. It can improve your health in many ways, like these. Overall health.

Exercise is important for older people. Some seniors share their exercise habits A new CDC report finds that more than 85% of U.S. adults 65 and older are not getting enough exercise.

For old people, carefully designed exercises can significantly improve health to safeguard their independence. Strength training movements such as modified squats, step-ups, ...

Exercise and mindfulness training did not improve older people’s brain health in a surprising new study published this week in JAMA. The experiment, which enrolled more than 580 older men and ...

Like many in her age range, Sylvia McGregor, a 97-year-old in Sydney, Australia, deals with her share of maladies — in her case, arthritis, osteoporosis, hearing loss, macular degeneration, lung ...

Doing a certain amount of exercise is linked to a 30% to 40% lower risk of an early death from any cause, according to a new ...

Mid and older life adults are choosing to exercise with people of the same age who they live near to and see often, regardless of the quality or quantity of those relationships, according to new ...

Older people who have experienced a fall often cut back on exercise altogether to prevent another such accident. But in many cases, avoiding physical activity only raises the risk of falls and ...

Neither mindfulness training nor exercise appeared to have a significant effect on cognitive function, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA. Eric J. Lenze, MD ...

People are living longer and a quarter of the UK population will be over 65 by 2050. But it should not be accepted that these extra years will be spent in poor health, Professor Sir Chris Whitty said.

Mid and older life adults are choosing to exercise with people of the same age who they live near to and see often, regardless of the quality or quantity of those relationships, according to new ...