Spicy food could provide compound to fight cancers. The compound that makes spicy food hot and generates the heat in muscle strain remedies could be the key to a new generation of cancer drugs which kill tumours with no side effects. [News Source]

Are the dead porpoises on Scottish beaches more evidence of global warming? Harbour porpoises are starving to death in the North Sea as a result of rising water temperatures, scientists have revealed. [News Source]

Esperance bird deaths mystify authorities. There was no dawn chorus to greet the residents of Esperance this morning, and the State's Department of Environment estimates the unexplained bird death toll has reached 4,000. [News Source]

How spicy foods can kill cancers. Scientists have discovered the key to the ability of spicy foods to kill cancer cells. [News Source]

Kids at home could mean higher-fat diet. Adults living with children tend to eat more fat than grown-ups in kid-free homes, consuming as much additional saturated fat each week as found in an individual-size pizza, a new study suggests. [News Source]

Study: Living with kids boosts adults’ fat intake. Adults living with children tend to eat more fat than grown-ups in kid-free homes, consuming as much additional saturated fat each week as found in an individual-size pizza. [News Source]

Mercury ‘hot spot’ identified in Maine. Researchers have documented high mercury levels in wildlife in several Western Maine lakes and reported evidence of three more potential mercury "hot spots" elsewhere in the state, according to two studies released Tuesday. [News Source]

Filling up on sweetened research. There is fresh evidence that an industry linked to the obesity crisis, the beverage industry, is engaging in tobacco tactics. [News Source]

Prenatal Multivitamins For Undernourished Women May Reduce Risk Of Low Birth Weight (Science Daily) Undernourished women who take a vitamin and mineral supplement while pregnant may be less likely than women taking only iron and folic acid supplements to have babies weighing less than 2,500 grams, and their newborns may be less likely to have morbidity in the first seven days of life, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the ... [News Source]