A happy marriage is good for your blood pressure, but a stressed one can be bad for your blood pressure, a preliminary study suggests. The study, published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine included 204 married people and 99 single men and women.

Participants were 20-68 years old, with an average age of 31. Most of the singles - 89 percent - had never been married and none was living with a partner. Married participants had been married for eight years, on average

A new study reveals that even 10 to 30 minutes of exercise everyday has the capacity to improve the general condition of the body for obese post-menopausal women.

The study looked at 430 obese women with an average age of 57 and divides them into four groups: three groups exercising at different levels while the remaining group abstained from exercising. This was done to see the benefits or problems older women go through if they exercise

A recent study concluded that low-intensity exercise could help boost the body's energy, and decrease fatigue.

Experts from the University of Georgia determined this finding through an experiment involving 36 healthy young individuals who had reported feelings of fatigue before the start of the study

Experts raised the warning flag on the public health concerns, saying that the attention being given to terrorist threats must also be given to obesity and other "lifestyle diseases" that are killing millions of people.

Speaking at the Oxford Health Alliance Summit held Monday in Sydney, experts said that while international terrorism is indeed a threat, it is less dangerous compared to the results and the risks posed by such conditions as diabetes, obesity, heart complications, and smoking-related illnesses

Could a mid-twentieth century plaything be the cure for a modern epidemic of obesity among the young? Researchers are testing pogosticks as the newest exercise tool.

Physical therapy researchers at Dalhousie University are using an updated version of the pogo stick with middle school-age students. Already popular in the U.S. researcher Nichelle Hubley is testing a pogo stick workout among 11 10 to 13-year-olds. The kids take part in the six-week study assisted by Flybar, a Calif.-based pogo stick maker