The Latin and African rhythms streaming out of the studio at the Mankato Ballet Company signal a different kind of dance on Saturday mornings. “It feels like a big dance par-tay!” Zumba instructor ...

WASHINGTON — The patient was a healthy young woman who came into a Washington- area emergency room this year because of severe heel pain, which turned out to be a potentially serious injury known as ...

As their hips swivel, vibrating to the salsa beat, these movers and shakers are like Elvis gone Latin. There's a whole lotta shaking going on, as arms windmill and feet flamenco. But this isn't the ...

For many people, just making their way to the gym can be an arduous task. And once they get there, it can be difficult to know which machines are right for them and what type of weights to use. There ...

Then Sreshtha Tewari took up Zumba classes last January she never imagined that by November she would be teachinga class. Tewari, who by day is a senior financial analyst at a financial institution, ...

In this health experts column, Consumer Reports medical adviser Orly Avitzur, M.D., discusses the benefits and risks of the exercise sensation called Zumba. Zumba, the Latin dance-inspired fitness ...

Dr. Raymond Poliquit realized that during the extent of a 30-year career caring for young patients, he had forgotten to care for himself. He had gained weight over the years. His doctor even told him ...

Michael Aredes teaches a Zumba class outside Prospect Park in Brooklyn. About 10 women bundled up to join the socially distant exercise class on a recent Saturday. (Calla Kessler for NPR) On a recent ...

The second I walked into my local Zumba class for the first time, I felt a twinge of embarrassment — I was the youngest person there by decades.

On a recent Saturday at lunchtime Michael Aredes leans his bike against a park bench. He's in a white helmet, sweating from his ride and holding an iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts in a plastic cup.