The idea of getting some of exercise’s benefits from a pill has hovered somewhere between serious medicine and science fiction. Now, one such drug has made it through its first test in people. Enveda, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Dreamstime) Could some of the metabolic benefits of exercise someday come in a pill? An experimental drug designed to mimic a ...

If exercise isn't exactly your favourite way to spend your free time, the idea of getting some of its benefits from a pill probably sounds pretty appealing. And while we're a long way from replacing ...

After Popeye the Sailor Man eats a can of spinach, he can grow strong muscles. Can the rest of us now also take a pill that does the job of exercise? In the June issue of the journal Nature, a ...

“The more we exercise, the better able we are to burn more fat, a finding that could ultimately lead to a pill that could mimic the effects of exercise.” (http ...