NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who regularly take part in top-rated, low-cost physical activity programs offered by their local senior center or YMCA can see noticeable improvement in ...

Speaking today at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, Gerontological Society of America members Dawn Carr, PhD, FGSA, and Susan L. Hughes, PhD, FGSA, told lawmakers that they need ...

Evidence-based health promotion programs can help older adults manage chronic conditions and address behavioral risk factors, and translating these interventions to population-scale impact depends on ...

Men’s Sheds are community-based initiatives that provide informal, inclusive environments for older men to engage in practical, social, and sometimes creative activities. Originally developed as a ...

As politicians grapple with the aging crisis, chronic disease control and escalating Medicare expenditures, Sen. Rick Scott has the foresight to focus policy on improving a negative health determinant ...

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The B.S. in kinesiology and health promotion (K&HP) at UW introduces students to modern issues in health care, such as regulated exercise performance enhancers. Faculty laboratories are the perfect ...

The National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has now marked 25 years of pioneering inclusive health promotion and wellness programs for ...