Researchers have discovered why cognitive performance improves after exercise: the ‘feel good’ hormone and neurotransmitter dopamine. They found that exercise released dopamine, which produced a ...

High-intensity exercise, like sprinting or lifting heavy weights, will keep you fit and strong. But it will also provide great benefits for you brain, a new study has found. It has long been known ...

A hormone believed to be released by muscles during exercise has been found to reduce levels of a toxic protein associated with Parkinson’s disease. The promising animal studies indicate future ...

A hormone released from muscles after vigorous exercise could help to treat or prevent breast cancer, says a study in the February issue of the International Journal of Cancer. The hormone, called ...

This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Hormones play a major role in regulating metabolism, mood, energy, and reproductive health — and imbalances … ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have shown that a hormone secreted into the blood during endurance, or aerobic, exercise reduces levels of a ...

6. To slow the aging process. Muscle mass, bone density, balance and mobility naturally decline with age, but exercise ...

Vigorous workouts may reduce appetite by a greater amount than less intense exercise, a new study suggests. High-intensity exercise suppresses levels of the hormone ghrelin — which is responsible for ...

If you need one more reason to motivate yourself to be more physically active, you can add the exercise-induced hormone irisin to your list. In the past two years, scientists have discovered that a ...