The World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research has published the most comprehensive report Wednesday on lifestyle and cancer which offers some stark warnings.

The report says that there is strong medical evidence which suggests excessive body fat increases the risk of getting various types of cancer. Alcohol, red meat and processed meat further increase cancer risk

Caregivers, waiters and social workers have the highest rates of depression among full-time U.S. employees, according to a government report released Saturday.

Almost 11 percent of personal care workers, including those tending the elderly, disabled and children, reported depression lasting two weeks or longer

Regardless of the mercury risk, a children's health group advised pregnant women and nursing mothers to eat more than 12 ounces of fish and other seafood each week.

Challenging a March 2004 joint advisory from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), eating fish, particularly oily types for their omega 3 fatty acids is believed to be beneficial, new research says

Eating a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids may prevent high-risk children from developing type 1 diabetes, early research suggests.

Children who have a higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes lower their chances by up to 55 percent if they eat fatty acids often found in fish oils

Vitamin D deficiency early in pregnancy is associated with a five-fold increased risk of preeclampsia, a serious complication during pregnancy which can lead to fetal death, a new study suggests.

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences said the risk of preeclampsia was present even with supplementation of up to 400 International Units (IU)