Walgreen Sued by Couple Claiming Wrong Prescription (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, was sued by a Missouri couple who claimed they lost their baby after a prescription for pre-natal vitamins was filled with a chemotherapy drug carrying a similar brand name. [News Source]

FAU doctoral student researches vitamin D treatment for asthma (Sun-Sentinel) Vitamin D could help many of the 45 million people worldwide with severe asthma and others with more easily controlled asthma, according to a doctoral student at Florida Atlantic University. [News Source]

Walgreen Sued by Couple Claiming Wrong Prescription Killed Baby (Bloomberg.com) Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, was sued by a Missouri couple who claimed they lost their baby after a prescription for pre-natal vitamins was filled with a chemotherapy drug carrying a similar brand name. [News Source]

Vitamin C’s benefits abound (Canada.com) Are you headed for a heart attack because of "marginal scurvy," a condition resulting from a lack of vitamin C? Moreover, if vitamin C is sound medicine for gorillas, why isn't it good for us? And in the 16th century, why did the ship's cat survive long sea voyages when its sailors died from scurvy? [News Source]

Not everyone needs a vitamin dose, experts say (Canada.com) According to the Dietitians of Canada, who should take a multi-itamin? Adults over 50. Women of childbearing age. Vegans or smokers might need specific supplements. [News Source]

Body and Health - Photo Gallery (Canada.com) Millions of Canadians begin the day by popping a multi-vitamin/mineral pill. It's a cheap and easy form of health insurance, ... [News Source]

Do you need a daily dose? (Canada.com) Millions of Canadians begin the day by popping a multi-vitamin/mineral pill. It's a cheap and easy form of health insurance, right? Or is it too much of a good thing? [News Source]

Movement to eat locally grown food gains momentum in Wilmington. For the past four months, Jessica Probst and her husband, Sal Marsico, have been on a culinary quest - to live on local foods as much as possible. [News Source]

Welsh organic farmers to get more help. Money is to be pumped into organic farming to help fight climate change and make agriculture more sustainable, the annual Welsh organic farming conference will hear today. [News Source]

New tensions accompany promise of alternative fuels. Biofuels have gotten a bad name around the globe, despite their ability to reduce oil use. [News Source]

So similar, yet so different. If our DNA is so similar, why do we seem different in so many ways? The answer, in part, is that the genome is not nearly as uniform, sedate, stable and homogeneous as scientists used to think. [News Source]

Brain food for the time-deprived (The Times-News) Are school meetings and sports practice threatening the dinner hour? This recipe won't get in the way - and it earns a top grade for its daily serving of vitamin A, delivered by the carrot juice. [News Source]