Stay Alert Energy (Convenience Store News) Nature's Oasis Inc. introduced Stay Alert Energy, a beverage with 72 trace minerals, 12 vitamins and six herbal nutrients. The product also contains yerba mate, d-ribose, acai and B-vitamin complex. [News Source]

The sunshine superstar: study reveals Vitamin D as ‘wonder vitamin’ (Independent) Twenty minutes' lying in the sun this weekend could provide your best chance of avoiding colds and flu, according to new research which demonstrates that vitamin D, not vitamin C, provides the most efficient protection against cold viruses. [News Source]

Entrepreneur runs mega-marathon mission.

Cedar Rapids entrepreneur Steve Shriver will run the equivalent of 10 marathons in 10 days to promote organic living.

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Eating Right During Cancer Treatment (WebMD) Information about diet and nutrition during cancer, including tips about vitamins, foods, and eating right. [News Source]

Common gene causes obesity, says study. The first clear-cut evidence of a common gene that explains why some people get fat and others stay lean is published on Friday. [News Source]

Scientists find fatness gene. More than half of the population carries a gene that makes people more likely to pile on the pounds, scientists announce today. [News Source]

There is a gene that makes you fat. Scientists have discovered a rogue gene behind the obesity epidemic. [News Source]

New obesity gene found. Researchers have found another gene that may keep you from fitting in your jeans. [News Source]

Tendency toward obesity tied to genes, large study shows. British researchers confirmed yesterday what many weight-watchers and scientists have long suspected: There are obesity genes that can add inches to your waistline. [News Source]

Higher use of perfumes and sprays causing more asthma. In the past, the rate of asthma was low as people were not habitual users of perfumes and other sprays but as times have changed and lifestyles rapidly altered, the respiratory problem is increasing in modern families [News Source]

Bad air still rising. A new report from a group that advocates for significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions estimates that Virginia power plants and vehicles increased their carbon dioxide output by 34 percent from 1990 to 2004. [News Source]

Group calls for restrictions on U.S. carbon emissions. The proposal would freeze U.S. global warming emissions in 2010 and reduce emissions by about 15 percent by 2020 and by 80 percent by 2050. [News Source]