Healthy Living: Vitamin C, Arthritis, Flu (KABC-TV Los Angeles) The FDA gives doctors the green light to treat cancer with a popular vitamin many Americans take to fight the common cold: vitamin C. [News Source]

FDA OKs vitamin C trial for cancer (UPI) CHICAGO, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Federal approval of a clinical trial on intravenous vitamin C as a cancer treatment lends credence to alternative cancer care, U.S. researchers said. [News Source]

Low-stress life may be best way to prevent colds. Those who had reported higher levels of stress were twice as likely to catch a cold as those who were less stressed out. [News Source]

A little less of what you fancy. Regulating unhealthy foods is tough; defining them is even tougher. [News Source]

Toxin testing in Tromsø. Residents of Hammerfest and Kautokeino in the far north of Norway have more environmental toxins in their bodies than feared, and now Tromsø residents will be tested. [News Source]

Greedy guts? Every week seems to bring a new theory about why people are getting fatter. The latest is that intestinal microbes are partly to blame. [News Source]

German sub menaces North Sea 61 years after sinking. A U-boat sunk off Norway in 1945 carried 65 tons of mercury. The casks are now corroding, threatening to release more mercury than what caused the disaster in Minamata, Japan. [News Source]

The hormone decision: How to weigh the risks. On the morning of July 9, 2002, women woke up to some shocking news. The menopause hormones they had been taking had turned against them. Or so it seemed. [News Source]

Ban fast-food outlets from opening in poorer areas, say health experts. Chip shops and fast-food outlets should be barred from opening in areas of high deprivation in an attempt to combat obesity, medical experts urged yesterday. [News Source]

L.A. County to study trans fat ban. The government war on trans fat, started when New York City banned it from restaurant food, has reached Los Angeles. County supervisors have voted to study the feasibility of banning artificial trans fats from restaurants. [News Source]

Out of bounds. With the use of transgenic crops expanding around the globe, what level of unapproved plants are we willing to accept in our diets? Zero is not an option. [News Source]

FDA OKs trial on vitamin C for cancer (Chicago Tribune) Cancer Treatment Centers runs research Adding more credibility to its research into alternative methods for oncologic medical care, Cancer Treatment Centers of America said it has won federal approval to begin a clinical trial studying the potential of intravenous vitamin C as a cancer treatment. [News Source]