The simple training exercise of catching a weighted medicine ball can improve balance and may help prevent falls in the elderly, according to research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Their ...

We'd never strong-arm you, but there are so many benefits to adding a medicine ball to your workout. (Getty Images) I'll admit it: For years, I avoided adding a medicine ball to my workouts. Frankly, ...

It's one thing to trip up the stairs or over an uneven sidewalk slab every once in a while. But as you get older, you stop laughing about these occasional stumbles and falls and start to recognize ...