Chronic Diseases

Higher levels of total physical activity can lower risk of five common chronic diseases -- breast and bowel cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, finds a study.

Bioactive compounds in plant foods control genetic and other biological factors that lead to chronic diseases, an American study says, reinforcing the idea that people who consume vegetarian diets rarely fall victim to such ailments.Sixty-three ...

Functional foods are rich sources of antioxidants and other unique compounds that provide additional health advantages.

Milk and dairy products are a powerhouse of numerous vital nutrients. Milk not only fulfils the need of calcium but also provides other nutrients to the body.

Deficiency in the levels of Vitamin D may increase the risk of chronic headache in middle-aged and older men, according to a new study.

So a group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are at work on a tiny battery made of our own chemicals they could put in a pill you'd swallow - a micro power plant that ...

A new study conducted by the University of Basel in Switzerland and Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in Iran suggests that Yoga and aquatic exercise may reduce certain symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS).

The following study reviewed global scientific literature on the role of dairy products in health and in the prevention of chronic diseases including cardiovascular, metabolic syndrome, colon or bladder cancer, and type 2 diabetes.

Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) - such as lung cancer, stroke, heart disease and diabetes - accounted for 8.6 million deaths in China in 2012, according to the WHO.

A swab of your saliva can detect many diseases and new evidence shows that it may also be able to predict your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life.