Physically fit women are less likely to die from breast cancer, reports a study in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Studying more than 14,000 women between ages 20 to 83 for 30 ...

Physical fitness is a cornerstone of military readiness. Historically, this quality has helped American servicemembers fight and win over numerically superior enemies. Nevertheless, Congress has ...

The Army has announced that it will set tougher physical standards. The changes are expected to especially impact women in combat roles. This comes almost a decade after those jobs were opened to ...

Social media fitness culture can be very damaging, especially for women. Unqualified fitness influencers often give harmful ...

The Pentagon this week ordered the elimination of lower physical fitness standards for women in combat units, a move that is likely to hinder the recruitment and retention of women in particularly ...

These women adopt specific habits that help them stay in shape and maintain their curves. While it’s important to know that there isn’t a perfect body, some women are curvier and thicker and some have ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigate the relationship between the gut microbiome, physical fitness, and epigenetic aging in physically fit individuals.

The defense secretary raised the issue suggesting women were getting into combat not because they met high standards, but because they were given a pass. By John Ismay Reporting from Washington Bobbie ...