Vitamin D might help prevent some types of cancer (ABC 7 Chicago) Vitamin D may help prevent some cases of breast cancer and colorectal cancer. [News Source]

Vitamin D Studies Show Promise for Reducing Cancers (MedicineNet.com) Title: Vitamin D Studies Show Promise for Reducing Cancers Category: Health News Created: 2/13/2007 2:06:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/13/2007 [News Source]

Vitamin D studies show promise for reducing cancers (Asbury Park Press) 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. In one study, the researchers reviewed two previous studies of 1,760 women and found that those with the ... [News Source]

Global Campaign Launches to Eradicate Childhood Blindness (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) While the national debate rages on about the efficacy of vitamins, one group is launching an aggressive campaign called Operation 20/20 to eradicate childhood blindness caused by vitamin A deficiency worldwide. [News Source]

What’s your poison? Could the damage wreaked by alcohol, tobacco, pollution, and a bad diet all be caused by the same little molecule, acetaldehyde? [News Source]

Regular midday snoozes tied to a healthier heart. Researchers found that napping at least three times a week for a half-hour was associated with a significantly decreased risk of death from heart disease. [News Source]

Heart attacks deadlier if you’re poor. Poor people are more likely to die after a heart attack than their more prosperous counterparts, new research from the University of Alberta has found. [News Source]

Napping may be good for your heart. A new study shows that regular napping may cut your risk of dying of a heart attack or other heart problems. [News Source]

Afternoon naps may boost heart health. The next health trend might come out of nursery school instead of the gym: A study found that those who regularly took midday naps were nearly 40% less likely to die from heart disease than non-nappers. [News Source]

Study: On-the-job naps might help heart. Office nappers now have the perfect excuse: New research shows that a little midday snooze seems to reduce the risk of fatal heart problems, especially among men. [News Source]

Go to sleep - or you’ll grow up short and fat. Sleep, or rather lack of it, may be only a contributory factor to the greater influence on a child’s weight of diet and lack of exercise. But there is a vital interaction between sleep, appetite, satiety and diet. [News Source]

Chinese gobble organic produce as toxins, pollution foul food. Some Chinese are willing to pay up to 10 times more for organic products that may be healthier for them. [News Source]