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3 of the Best Exercises You Can Do Anywhere
Published on: March 11, 2025
Adding quick exercise sessions to your day can help you maintain your health and even reduce your risk of some diseases. Find out more about physical activity you can do anytime.
How Exercise Can Help Manage Depression During Cancer
Published on: December 13, 2024
Physical activity can help reduce depression for people with cancer. Learn more about the benefits of aerobic exercise during and after cancer treatment.
Top Exercises That Improve Quality of Life for People with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Published on: October 25, 2024
Exercise can improve quality of life and reduce fatigue for those with metastatic breast cancer. Learn more about how physical activity can help.
American Cancer Society Updates Guideline for Diet and Physical Activity
Published on: June 9, 2020
The American Cancer Society has updated its guideline on diet and physical activity for cancer prevention. Staying at a healthy weight, staying active throughout life, following a healthy eating pattern, and avoiding or limiting alcohol may greatly reduce a person's lifetime risk of developing or dying from cancer.
Americans Need to Move More and Sit Less
Published on: August 23, 2019
Americans are still not getting enough exercise and now spend more time than ever sitting, according to researchers from the University of Iowa.
