Alternative medicine helps with allergies (USA Today) Most mornings, Dominic, 8, Gabe, 7, and Ali, 5, Corradino sit munching their organic oatmeal in their kitchen in Akron, Ohio, while their mother, Tegan, doles out vitamins, fish oil pills and nettle drops. She hopes the supplements and regular visits to an acupuncturist and chiropractor will help ease their allergies and asthma. [News Source]

Is mayfly’s demise a clue for the wise? The disappearance of the Green Drake from the Credit River and other rivers in southern Ontario, first noticed by anglers about five years ago, is raising concerns about the health of the river -- and its implications for human health. [News Source]

Fatty diet link to breast cancer. A major study appears to provide hard evidence that eating a high-fat diet increases a postmenopausal woman's risk of breast cancer. [News Source]

Junk food diet linked to cancer in women. Eating junk food raises women's risk of developing a range of cancers, researchers said yesterday. [News Source]

High-fat diet may increase breast cancer risk. A large study of middle-age women with a wide range of fat in their diet shows that eating a high-fat diet raises the risk of developing invasive breast cancer. [News Source]

Blood sugar ‘boosts cancer risk.’ Women with high blood sugar levels are at an increased risk of developing cancer, a major European study finds. [News Source]

Can monster pill stop an ill wind? German scientists have developed a pill that stops cattle breaking wind. [News Source]

Farmyard freedom. Food producers are finding that animals allowed to roam can bring higher prices. [News Source]

Vitamin D in pregnancy may reduce childhood wheeze (Reuters via Yahoo! News) High levels of vitamin D, obtained through the diet or through supplements, during pregnancy appear to reduce the risk of recurrent wheeze or wheeze symptoms in early childhood, according to the findings of two studies reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. [News Source]

JAMA Review Saying Some Antioxidants Increase Death Risk Draws Attention (Senior Journal) NBC Today explores 'Can taking vitamins be dangerous?' [News Source]

Can taking vitamins be dangerous? (MSNBC) A new study raises questions about taking antioxidant supplements. [News Source]

Vitamin Angels and United Natural Foods, Inc. Partner on Dominican Republic Children’s Relief Effort (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

United Natural Foods, Inc. has formed a joint-venture partnership with Vitamin Angels to assure that chewable multi-vitamins and anti-parasitic medicines will get into the mouths of 55,000 Dominican Republic school-aged children between the ages of 2 and 10 years old.

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