Following a Mediterranean diet low in calories and engaging daily physical activity have been demonstrated to result in reduce body weight and cardiovascular risk in overweight patients and patients with metabolic syndrome, and to maintain these benefits after one year.

The cardiovascular benefits of the Mediterranean diet are well-studied. A new paper asks exactly how this eating pattern might benefit heart health.

Over 2,700 women and their children participated in this study that highlights the benefits of a healthy diet.

A photographer spent 29 days on board a Spanish rescue boat off the coast of Libya

Over 2,700 women and their children participated in this study that highlights the benefits of a healthy diet.

A new study offers insights from a cohort study of women in the U.S. who reported consuming a Mediterranean-type diet.

Put down the bacon and pick up the olive oil: Mediterranean diets can significantly reduce the risk of heart disease, a new study confirms.

A new study offers insights from a cohort study of women in the U.S. who reported consuming a Mediterranean-type diet.

Nongovernmental organizations that have shouldered a large part of the operations to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean have ceased all such activity, amid a crackdown by the Italian government.

Greek police clashed with protesters on Thursday night in Athens after demonstrations to commemorate the 10th anniversary of a police shooting of a teenage boy that sparked some of the Mediterranean country's worst riots in decades, according to Al Jazeera. Hundreds turned out to march through central Athens to pay tribute to Alexandros Grigoropoulos, who was only 15 when he was shot dead in 2008. The police officer claimed he shot in the air to intimidate Grigoropoulos, but the bullet ricocheted off a balcony; but many of the protesters did not accept this claim."The officer's gun was magic. When he fired into the air, the bullet found its mark," chanted some of those marching...