Too many vitamins can be dangerous (News 14 Carolina) Seventy percent of Americans take at least one vitamin a day, but what about those who take two or three? Can the vitamins you're taking to boost your health actually be hurting it? [News Source]

Calcium, vitamin D reduce stress fractures (EARTHtimes.org) Calcium and vitamin D supplementation can significantly reduce stress fractures in female military recruits, according to a U.S. study. [News Source]

Too many vitamins can be dangerous (News 14 Charlotte) Seventy percent of Americans take at least one vitamin a day, but what about those who take two or three? Can the vitamins you're taking to boost your health actually be hurting it? [News Source]

Type 2 diabetes genes mapped out. Scientists say they have mapped the most important genes that put people at risk of type 2 diabetes, offering hope that a test could be delivered. [News Source]

Carbon caps an electoral minefield for Howard, Rudd. It has taken a while, but both sides of politics, and much of the business community, now agree that Australia must move to a "low carb"economy. [News Source]

Love that chocolate: Those antioxidants in cocoa fight toxins and assuage guilt. The cacao bean is endowed with some 400 compounds,some of which have been isolated and shown to be very good citizens of a healthy body. [News Source]

Calcium, vitamin D may reduce stress fracture risk (Nutraingredients.com) 2/12/2007 - Daily supplements of calcium and vitamin D, long linked to improving bone health, may also reduce the risk of stress fractures during exercise, scientists have reported. [News Source]

Vitamin B12 linked to slower mental decline (Nutraingredients.com) 2/12/2007 - Increased levels of vitamin B12, but not folate, may reduce the rate of age-related cognitive decline and dementia, suggests a new study. The research, led by Mary Haan from the University of Michigan, followed 1405 older Mexican Americans and found that increased levels of the amino acid homocysteine doubled the risk of dementia or cognitive impairment. [News Source]

Science Doesn’t Always Match Policy On Vitamins (Medical News Today) Some one hundred years after the first vitamin was named, what is known about them has not translated into beneficial, standardized recommendations for public health, says Irwin Rosenberg, MD, University Professor, and director of the Nutrition and Neurocognition Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Vitamin D Studies Show Promise for Reducing Cancers (KOLD News 13 Tuscon) MONDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Certain amounts of vitamin D may be able to prevent up to half of breast cancer cases and two-thirds of colorectal cancer cases in the United... [News Source]

Vitamin D Studies Show Promise for Reducing Cancers (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) MONDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Certain amounts of vitamin D may be able to prevent up to half of breast cancer cases and two-thirds of colorectal cancer cases in the United States, according to two studies by researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, and colleagues at other centers. [News Source]

Many Seniors Are Still Not Meeting The Recommended Intake Of Vitamin K (Science Daily) Seniors aren't consuming enough vitamin K, notes a review, and studies should continue to examine non-dietary factors related to vitamin K status, like effects of estrogen on vitamin K metabolism. A separate study on vitamin K suggests it might serve as a biomarker of cardiovascular risk. [News Source]