Whole Foods Market to Promote Benefits of Natural Cosmetics (Progressive Grocer) SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 -- AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market here said it will focus on natural makeup during the month of October to help educate consumers about the benefits of cosmetics with natural ingredients, minerals, and vitamins. [News Source]

Study: city kids vulnerable to osteoporosis (Hindustan Times via Yahoo! India News) Almost 90 per cent of Delhi school students are deficient in Vitamin D, making them vulnerable to osteoporosis, commonly known as brittle bones, says a study conducted by doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and published in the American Journal of Medicine. [News Source]

Tainted marshes yield fewer alligator eggs. Alligators living in marshes ridden with pesticides hatch only about half as many eggs as alligators in more pristine marshes, according to a new study. [News Source]

Education, wealth have different effects on health. The more educated you are, the less likely you are to become chronically ill or disabled, but the amount of money you make plays a bigger role in whether your illness progresses, a new study shows. [News Source]

Obesity fuelling a ‘diabetes epidemic’ with 70,000 new cases in a year. Campaigners in England renewed warnings of a diabetes epidemic yesterday after figures showed the number of patients with the condition shot up by 70,000 last year. [News Source]

Fattening carbs - some promote obesity and worse. Consumption of the wrong carbs can spur the development of body fat, even with no gain in weight. [News Source]

What can you do to protect yourself from breast cancer?. What prospects are there for stopping this cancer that has spread across the American landscape like an invisible, invincible scourge? [News Source]

In a contaminated world, play isn’t the only hazard. While the idea that a child has been playing with a Thomas the Tank Engine coated with lead-based paint may terrify parents, experts say the risk of being poisoned that way is actually not very high. [News Source]