London, Sep 12 : Chocolate has already been linked with many health benefits, and now, a food scientist has given chocoholics another reason to savour their favourite sweet by suggesting that dark chocolate prevents heart disease.

But the finding doesn't call for a cocoa binge; for Professor Roger Corder says that eating 'small amounts' of chocolate each day has "considerable potential to improve health and wellbeing".

London, September 12 : A study by Cambridge University researchers suggests that children who have faced exposure to higher levels of testosterone in the womb may develop autistic traits.

The suggestion has come from the researchers who have been tracking a group of children since birth. The children are 8-year-olds at present.

London: A new research has indicated that the regular doses of vitamin D lower down the early death’s risk.
The Earlier studies had found that the deficiency of vitamin D increases the cancer’s risk, heart disease or diabetes, but the new results has shown that vitamin D provides bigger bang.

London, Sep 7: British scientists claim to have developed a blood test that offers the possibility of spotting cancer long before the symptoms appear.

The test successfully detected early signs of breast cancer in some women and the scientists hope the vital clues will help them to revolutionise cancer prevention by offering cheaper and less invasive screening techniques in the next ten years.

London : Experts have said that people who suffer from back pain and arthritis should stay in work if they want to recover quickly.

Some people who suffer from the musculoskeletal disorders - the most common occupational illness - usually stop working within five years of diagnosis of the disease.