Low levels of Vitamin D may contribute to chronic pain among women and taking an extra daily dose of the sunshine vitamin may prove beneficial, studies suggest.

The same, however, does not hold true for men as they have different hormones, British researchers say in a study published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases

France will test the groundwater on all of its nuclear facilities. The French government agreed to examine the safety after previous tests indicated a uranium leak at the Tricastin nuclear plant in southwestern France.

The source of the leak of non-enriched uranium was an overflow from a tank being cleaned on July 7. The reservoir collected the overflow, of which 7,925 gallons (30,000 liters) seeped into two nearby rivers and the ground

A Mediterranean or low-carb diet is better than a low-fat diet if a person wants to lose weight and have a healthy heart, new studies have revealed. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health studied 322 moderately obese employees of a research center in Israel.

The employees were randomly assigned to three diet groups and the results indicated that members of the low-fat group lost an average of 6.4 pounds, while those in the low-carb and Mediterranean groups lost about 10

Consumption of foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids can reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration, a survey of published research suggests.

University of Melbourne researchers reached this conclusion after reviewing nine published studies that included a total of 88,974 participants, including 3,203 people with AMD

A Mediterranean diet which consists of fruits, vegetables, fibre and healthier fats could help protect against Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. The diet has already been proved famously beneficial for the cardiovascular system.

Researchers at the University of Navarra in northern Spain studied the eating habits of more than 14,000 Spanish volunteers over four years to see who developed the condition. Their health and dietary habits were then tracked in detail over the following months and years