The “runner’s high” describes the content and calming sensation that the act of running has on individuals, University of Wisconsin second year PhD student Alexander Boruch. This effect, and others ...

On a brisk afternoon in March 2009 in Ontario, as winter melted into spring, Mark Tarnopolsky and his team at McMaster University sat around a table for their weekly lab meeting. The topic was the ...

Objective To estimate the efficacy of exercise on depressive symptoms compared with non-active control groups and to determine the moderating effects of exercise on depression and the presence of ...

Aerobic exercise, such as running, swimming, and dancing, may be most effective for relieving the symptoms of depression and anxiety, finds an overarching (umbrella) review and data synthesis of the ...

Although everyone can benefit from exercise, the mechanistic links between physical fitness and overall health are not fully understood, nor are the reasons why the same exercise can have different ...