In Finland, 90 percent of adults take part in sports or exercise at least twice a week. The Nordic nation far outpaces the U.S. in adult sports participation. Free and easy access to facilities helps.

Meditation guru and integrative health expert, Dr. Deepak Chopra, shares how to do it right. With our lives becoming increasingly hectic, rushed and full of distractions, practicing conscious ...

Researchers at Brown University’s School of Public Health found that children exposed to higher levels of triclosan may be ...

Published in the journal Health and Place, the study -Therapeutic landscapes and wellbeing in later life: Impacts of blue and green spaces for older adults--demonstrates that by incorporating ...

History shows that big steps in city planning lead by public-health efforts are successful and long-lasting. Dr. Nicholas Christakis, a social scientist and physician at Yale University, said looking ...

We’re in health care, and this is a public health issue, and we should be on the forefront of that. I don’t think vaccines are going away. I think this is going to be an endemic thing, and I ...

Here's what it takes to earn your Doctor of Science in Public Health: Demonstration of knowledge in all subject areas required by the UMass Lowell doctoral degree program in Public Health. Completion ...