Soft-drink sales fizzle while thirst for energy sizzles (Houston Chronicle) U.S. soft-drink sales are slipping, and many experts blame that on a diet-conscious society. But high-calorie energy drinks, similar to fizzy, caffeinated soda, are flying off store shelves. Image, not nutrition, may be the reason. [News Source]

There’s little evidence that multi-vitamins are good for health (Gaffney Ledger) WASHINGTON - Over half of U.S. adults use multivitamins, mostly the pretty healthy people who also eat nutrient-fortified foods. Yet there's little evidence that most of the pills do any good - and concern that some people may even get a risky vitamin overload, advisers to the government said recent [News Source]

A Call for More Vitamin D Research (American Cancer Society via Yahoo! News) The promises and pitfalls of vitamin D deserve more research, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS) and 7 other health groups. The US and Canadian groups issued a statement of findings this week from the first North American conference on vitamin D, a nutrient most people get though exposure to sunlight. [News Source]

Consumer Health (UPI) DAVIS, Calif., May 30 (UPI) -- Cutting and packaging fruit had almost no affect on Vitamin C and other antioxidants, according to a study by the University of California-Davis. [News Source]

Sick stripers’ fate remains a mystery. Mycobacterios and what it means for the Chesapeake Bay's most valuable recreational species has been a frustrating issue for scientists and fishery managers alike. [News Source]

Mammograms: Digital vs. film. Some radiology centers say digital equipment delivers less radiation. But most experts note that the level of radiation in film mammography is already extremely low. [News Source]

The case for soccer: How exercise, diet may cut girls’ later breast-cancer risk. A woman's risk for breast cancer may be determined early in life. Cellular changes that can lead to cancer likely begin in childhood when breast tissue is just beginning to develop. [News Source]

Jelly Belly offers ‘energy bean’ (WTHR Indianapolis) The Mini Marathon is history, but next year's runners and walkers will have a new way to get that extra energy needed to make it 13 miles. A new vitamin-enriched candy may have athletes jumping for more. It's Jelly Belly's new sports bean, and it's said to rival Gatorade and popular power gels. [News Source]

State college graduates 120 (Las Vegas Sun) Local resident Amanda Leigh was one of the very first students to step foot in Nevada State College's vitamin warehouse when it opened Sept. 3, 2002. [News Source]

Poor diet as bad as smoking for health: Dutch report. Insufficient consumption of fish, fruit and vegetables is as bad for human health as smoking, a Dutch report said on Monday. [News Source]

Alaska the ‘poster state’ for climate concerns. Since the 1970s, climate change has doubled the growing season in some places and raised state temperatures 6 degrees in the winter and 3.5 on average annually since 1950. [News Source]

Australia: Seafood promoted as help to prevent osteoporosis (Fishupdate.com) 30 May, 2006 - AN increasing number of older Australians are at risk of fractures because of thinning bones, a condition known as osteoporosis.But people of all ages can help build and maintain strong, healthy bones by boosting intake of calcium and Vitamin D, especially from seafood, the Seafood Services Australia (SSA) claim. [News Source]