Step aside, outdated exercise goals. For years, 10,000 steps has been promoted by fitness trackers, health apps and medical professionals as the gold standard for daily physical activity. But if that ...

A “moderate” amount of physical activity—in the form of getting your daily steps—could be help slow Alzheimer’s disease among those at risk. This is the finding of Mass General Brigham scientists who ...

DORAL, Fla. — Moving toward a mission — people laced up their shoes to raise awareness and money to fight Alzheimer’s disease. Every step had a purpose. Hazel Petty first started walking in the ...

Walking 10,000 steps per day has become a popular goal in the modern age, but it turns out this benchmark might not be the fitness gold standard after all. According to a study published in The Lancet ...

Participants recorded an average of 9,446 daily steps. People in the highest step-count quintile, defined as 12,369 or more daily steps, tended to be younger and to have lower body mass index than ...

Higher daily step counts were associated with a lower risk for Parkinson's disease (PD); however, this association weakened over time, suggesting that low step counts might be an early sign of the ...