Most of us never think about getting down to the floor until it starts feeling harder than it used to. But over the past ...

How easily you can sit down and stand up from the floor without using your hands or knees or wobbling may predict your risk of early death, according to a recent study. Lower scores on this “test” ...

No time for exercise? Too busy to eat right? What kind of a toll is it all taking on your health? There's a simple test you can do just about anywhere that's been proven to predict how long you'll ...

Doctors Say This Simple Fitness Test Can Predict Death — Can You Pass It? The sitting-rising test has been all the buzz since researchers published a unique study about the theory in the European ...

When it comes to longevity, it's not just about living for as many years as possible. The goal is to live healthier, and free of disease or injury, for as long as possible. Healthy aging often boils ...

A simple, though not necessarily easy, test may help predict how many years a person has left, according to exercise researchers who have been tracking thousands of middle-aged and older people for ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Having a slower TUG time and standing on one leg for ...

This simple metric likely captures a person’s flexibility and balance, providing valuable insights to physicians, says Claudio Gil Araújo.