Study: Vitamin D protects against cancer (The Advocate) People with the highest levels of a form of vitamin D in their blood have the lowest risk of breast cancer, according to a study in the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. [News Source]

Vitamin D may cut cancer risk (Pharmaceutical Business Review) Two new studies using meta-analysis have revealed that vitamin D may have the potential to prevent breast and colorectal cancer, a team of researchers at Moores Cancer Center at University of California have reported. [News Source]

How Safe Are Your Vitamins? (News 25 Evansville) EVANSVILLE - You have hundreds of vitamins to choose from. But how do you know which one is the right one for you, and if it's safe? [News Source]

Vitamin D May Cut Cancer Risk (RedNova) Two new studies using meta-analysis have revealed that vitamin D may have the potential to prevent breast and colorectal cancer, a team of researchers at Moores Cancer Center at University of California have reported. [News Source]

Study finds increase in mental illness amongst children. A new study in Denmark has found an alarming increase in the incidence of a number of mental illnesses in children. The number of Tourette Syndrome cases had doubled, and three times as many kids were diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. [News Source]

Cancer ‘to become bigger burden.’ Rising rates of cancer diagnosis will put an increasing strain on health care systems across Europe, experts warn. [News Source]

Group calls for more awareness of cancer risk factors. Not enough people know what can cause cancer, says a group that advocates for better cancer care. [News Source]

More Iowans go organic. Growing group buys chemical-free food to benefit them, planet. Surveys estimate that organic products account for roughly 2.5 percent of the $557 billion spent on food in 2005 in the United States. [News Source]

Islanders call for chemical ban. Residents say PBDE toxins are a threat to Puget Sound and its people. [News Source]

A fine matter. A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the smallest particles in smog — those too small to see — are probably most menacing. [News Source]

Vitamin D For Cancer Prevention (Medical News Today) Two new vitamin D studies using a sophisticated form of analysis called meta-analysis, in which data from multiple reports is combined, have revealed new prescriptions for possibly preventing up to half of the cases of breast cancer and two-thirds of the cases of colorectal cancer in the United States. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Vitamin D Appears Effective In Reducing Colorectal Cancer Incidence (Medical News Today) A larger daily dose of vitamin D could reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer with minimal risk, according to a new review that pools results from five studies.The analysis found that maintaining a specific target blood level of vitamin D was associated with a 50 percent lower risk of colorectal cancer than that seen in people with consistently lower blood levels. [click link for full article] [News Source]