If you ask any interior designer or landscaping architect what the secret is to an elevated space, they’ll most likely bring up the concept of contrast. It’s the seamless fusion of light and dark, ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

New research challenges the common idea that people need to reach a threshold of 10,000 steps per day to improve their health. Walking just 4,000 steps per day is associated with a lower risk of death ...

The 10,000-step benchmark started as a marketing strategy for a 1960s Japanese pedometer, not a medical recommendation. Research now shows health gains can start with far fewer steps — as low as 2,500 ...

Walking just 4,000 steps per day—less than half of the 10,000 steps often recommended for maintaining an active lifestyle—may be enough to help extend your life, according to a new research review ...

If you’re struggling to reach 10,000 steps a day, here’s some good news: The latest science suggests fewer daily steps may be the sweet spot for many of us, depending on our age, fitness and health ...