Extreme heat makes it especially hard for your body to cool down, so you need to be extra careful if you exercise or play sports when it’s baking outside. Scientific review finds e-cigarettes likely ...

They’re running themselves ragged — and possibly fast-tracking Father Time. Ultramarathons are surging in popularity, with more than 100,000 North Americans racing beyond 26.2 miles last year, nearly ...

Extreme heat makes it especially hard for your body to cool down, so you need to be extra careful if you exercise or play sports when it’s baking outside. Your brain tries to keep your body within a ...

Elite athletes who have run a mile in less than 4 minutes tend to live longer than the general population, according to a retrospective study. The study adds to a growing field of research ...

Participation in trending extreme sports—including mountaineering and high-altitude trekking, mountain biking (enduro/downhill), and ultra-marathons/trail ...

In this video, Rohin Francis, MBBS, discusses the potential ramifications of extreme exercise. The following is a partial transcript of this video; note that errors are possible. Francis: Can you be ...

When Lewis Moody revealed this week that he had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), the reaction was instant, and visceral. Within hours, tributes flooded in for the former England ...

Scientists provide proof that ultramarathon athletes’ red blood cells become less flexible after a long race, potentially reducing their ability to efficiently carry oxygen ...