While the idea of a step-counting machine is 500 years old, the pedometer is now catching on as a solution to a very modern problem. It is the simplest of monitors for the simplest of exercises: ...

You've heard us breeze by this one before: "Studies show that people who use pedometers walk more than those who don't," we say and, presumably, you trust us. But how ...

People who set daily walking goals for themselves and clip on a pedometer to count the number of steps they take go farther in life than those who don't -- a whole mile farther, in fact. New research ...