Sedentary people can put their prolonged chair-sitting days behind them with a few simple, strategic behavioural changes

It will now be possible to objectively capture the real-life sleep habits and sleep quality of large numbers of people outside of a sleep lab

Even a one-time, brief burst of exercise can improve focus, problem-solving

Tel Aviv University study assesses how we perceive other people's stress levels in the workplace

Nitrate supplementation decreases sympathetic nerve responses that contribute to disease risk

The ‘office’ aspect of laboratory research should not be overlooked

Consumers now can order simple, inexpensive, mail-in genetic tests to learn more about health risks, inherited traits, and ancestry. But could that information do more harm than good?

Those whose mothers had been prescribed medicines to treat acid reflux during pregnancy were more likely to be treated for asthma in childhood, a review of studies found

Some 80 percent of managers think leaders and managers should be taught how to be compassionate, to genuinely care for and to be considerate towards their staff

Researchers discover a critical cellular “off” switch for the inflammatory immune response that causes asthma attacks

The study results address Gaucher's disease, which is caused by a genetic glitch in cell structures called lysosomes that process fats and remove cellular waste

We outline five recent studies that aim to tackle a number of kids’ health challenges