Vitamin makers to get more scrutiny (Los Angeles Times) The FDA wants dietary supplements to match what's on the labels. Starting this summer, the makers of vitamins and dietary supplements will have to do something they've never done before: verify that what they sell is real. [News Source]

Chemical Chimera. A study conducted for the number of chemicals present in the body reveals surprisingly high levels. [News Source]

How the rising price of corn made Mexicans take to streets. Despite being the world's fourth largest corn producer and a major importer of supposedly cheap American corn, millions of Mexicans found the one source of cheap nutrition available to them was suddenly out of reach. [News Source]

FDA issues dietary supplement rules. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that manufacturers of vitamins, herbal pills and other dietary supplements would have to test the ingredients of all their products for safety and purity. [News Source]

FDA announces dietary supplement rules. After more than 10 years of development, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced new regulations for the safe manufacture of dietary supplements. [News Source]

Concerns over genistein. For the past few decades, health magazines—and, more recently, health Web sites—have touted the virtues of soy. But a new study reports that high levels of genistein-- a phytoestrogen in soy-- correlates with poor cardiovascular health in older women. [News Source]

The return of the sea. Starved of water in the Soviet era, the shrivelled Aral bursts back into life and a port is reborn. [News Source]

Vitamin industry gets dose of rules (The Nashua Telegraph) WASHINGTON – For the first time, manufacturers of vitamins, herbal pills and other dietary supplements will have to test all of their products' ingredients. ... - By KEVIN FREKING The Associated Press [News Source]

FDA: Vitamins, herbal pills to be tested (Chicago Sun-Times) WASHINGTON -- For the first time, manufacturers of vitamins, herbal pills and other dietary supplements will have to test all of their products' ingredients. [News Source]

Vitamin A may reduce age wrinkles (Bradenton Herald) A small study has shown it may be possible to reverse somewhat the wrinkling of old age. The research suggests that topical application of retinol, a form of vitamin A, could make older people less prone to skin ulcerations and poor healing of wounds. [News Source]

To combat osteopenia, Coumadin, vitamin K need to be coordinated (Pioneer Press) Dear Dr. Donohue: I am a man, age 68, in reasonably good health. I take a multivitamin/ mineral tablet daily. Last autumn, I had a bone scan that showed moderate to severe osteopenia. My physician put me on Fosamax. Recently, I read an article about vitamin K and its role in bone health. The article said that Coumadin increases the risk of osteoporosis by blocking the action of vitamin K. How ... [News Source]