In yet another benefit of the sunshine vitamin, scientists have found that sun exposure and vitamin D helps ward off juvenile diabetes. The findings suggest that a lack of vitamin D, which the body produces when ultraviolet light hits the skin, has a role in the development of type 1 diabetes in children.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, found that children who live in countries at higher latitudes, such as Canada, where there is less sunlight for much of the year, are far more likely to develop juvenile diabetes than kids who live at or near the equator

New research at Tel Aviv University says that age can be slowed, giving people longer and healthier lives.

The researchers investigated the bones of 400 Russian families - 787 men 18 to 89 years old and 723 women 18 to 90 years old

An 80-year-old doctor involved in a $7 million HIV infusion therapy scheme to defraud Medicare has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, seven months home confinement, and three years supervised release according to federal attorneys. Dr. Orestes Alvarez-Jacinto was handed down the sentence late Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz at a federal court in Miami.

However Seitz didn't stop there she also ordered Alvarez-Jacinto to pay $90,000 in forfeiture and $5,116,366 in restitution for submitting and causing the submission of approximately $7 million worth of fraudulent claims to the Medicare program

Canadian researchers have discovered the gene mutation that causes the developmental disorder spinal bifida in a new study.

However, the researchers were not surprised to find there was a genetic element to the disorder - they've apparently known for years that a genetic factor was a major contributor

Independent testing made for a report by ConsumerLab.com shows that out of 21 brands of multivitamins on the market in the United States and Canada only 10 fulfilled their label claims and met quality standards.

According to ConsumerLab.com president Dr. Tod Cooperman, most alarming was that the brand, The Vitamin Shoppe Multivitamins Especially for Women, had lead contamination