Lack Of Sun Does Not Explain Low Vitamin D In Elderly Who Are Overweight (Medical News Today) t's not yet clear why overweight elderly adults have low levels of vitamin D in their blood. However, researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) have found that lack of sun exposure may not account for low levels of vitamin D in elders who are overweight. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Vitamin D significantly reduces the risk of cancer (News-Medical-Net) Scientists say most people in North America are not taking enough vitamin D, and that could increase their risk for developing cancer quite significantly. [News Source]

Cancer study boosts vitamin D sales (CBC Montreal) Sales of vitamin D have soared following a study suggesting the vitamin could prevent cancer. [News Source]

Vitamin D shows great promise in reducing risk of cancer (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul) Building hope for one pill to prevent many cancers, vitamin D cut the risk of several types of cancer by 60 percent overall [News Source]

Cancer study boosts vitamin D sales (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) Sales of vitamin D have soared following a study suggesting the vitamin could prevent cancer. [News Source]

Vitamin D may cut cancer risk (ABC 13 Texas) Like many American women, Ivalynn Oudin has been taking supplements of calcium and vitamin D for years. [News Source]

If you go down to the sea today… You’re in for a big surprise: a 10% chance of getting a gastrointestinal disease. Our seas are swamped with filth; fish stocks and wildlife are being decimated and ‘dead zones’ are appearing off our coast where nothing can thrive but gut-infecting bacteria. [News Source]

Recycling waste can mean less pollution, fewer landfills. That empty soda can you just tossed in the recycling bin likely will be back on a store shelf in about 60 days, instead of filling up space in a landfill. [News Source]

Milk price soars as drought hits dairy industry. The price of milk is soaring worldwide as a drought-stricken dairy industry struggles to meet surging demand for milk products in China and the Middle East. [News Source]

Vitamin D: Will it fight disease where others have failed? (The Globe and Mail) This isn't the first time scientists have deemed certain vitamins a safe way to fight illnes. Which supplements are beneficial and which ones are potentially harmful? [News Source]

Clarification: Vitamin D-Cancer Story (InteliHealth) OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- In a story about a study suggesting vitamin D lowers cancer risk in older women, The Associated Press reported that an American Cancer Society doctor favors keeping current vitamin D guidelines of 200 to 600 international units daily. [News Source]

Ask a doctor (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Q I have been taking a multivitamin for years. I've read a lot of different takes on the vitamin supplement issue. Some say yes, continue taking your vitamins, while others say some of the mega-ingredients (for example two to three times the RDA of vitamin A) is in fact not good for us. Do you have any advice on this issue? -- Vexed about vitamins A Everyone wants to optimize his or her ... [News Source]