Va. seeks to learn mothers’ habits (Potomac News) To save more babies' lives, state health officials are asking new mothers to recall their lifestyle habits before they found out they were pregnant. Did they take vitamins? Drink alcohol? Smoke cigarettes? Were they trying to get pregnant? How did they feel about being pregnant? [News Source]

Tracking babies’ life chances. Born in Bradford is one of the world's biggest studies into the reasons behind why some children fall ill while others do not. [News Source]

A spate of recent food scares has given many consumers a hunger for locally produced food. Many farmers and producers who sell directly to local customers have seen a jump in business as more and more people are choosing locally grown items for their tables. [News Source]

Vitamin D And Health, Health Canada (Medical News Today) Health Canada is aware of the growing body of evidence on the role of vitamin D in relation to health. Before Health Canada can issue a revised recommendation concerning vitamin D, a comprehensive review that looks at both benefits and safety needs to be undertaken. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Missionaries prepare for Vietnam (Yakima Herald-Republic) Flashback to the summer of 2006. Volunteers with Good Samaritan Medical Ministry's annual mission trip to northern and central Vietnam were short on vitamins, forced to give patients -- including children -- only a 10-day supply. [News Source]

Natural Health Hamstrung? What Codex Is And Why It Matters To Your Wellbeing (MasterNewMedia.org) Natural health is under direct threat from those that claim to be on the look out for our wellbeing. It may be just a matter of time before vitamin and mineral supplements are tightly controlled by the pharmaceutical companies, the words \'organic\' and \'genetically modified\' become utterly meaningless and additives and pesticides become inescapable. Meet Codex. Photo credit: Marcin Balcerzak ... [News Source]

Va. seeks to learn mothers’ habits (Manassas Journal Messenger) To save more babies' lives, state health officials are asking new mothers to recall their lifestyle habits before they found out they were pregnant. Did they take vitamins? Drink alcohol? Smoke cigarettes? Were they trying to get pregnant? How did they feel about being pregnant? [News Source]