Exposure to sunlight may decrease risk of advanced breast cancer (News-Medical-Net) A research team from the Northern California Cancer Center, the University of Southern California, and Wake Forest University School of Medicine has found that increased exposure to sunlight - which increases levels of vitamin D in the body - may decrease the risk of advanced breast cancer. [News Source]

Children’s issues take center stage. Children's issues ranging from obesity and nutrition to preschool programs and child care wages were all fair game Saturday morning as state and local elected leaders met in Walnut Creek to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing parents and children. [News Source]

Lead paint in older homes poses risks for children. Despite a recent nationwide recall of toys manufactured with lead paint, the primary cause of lead poisoning in children remains lead paint in older homes. [News Source]

‘Turn the heat down.’ Even though she lost the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore, Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier's own climate change battles are getting their day in the sun. [News Source]

Governor orders moth spray ingredients released. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered the California Department of Food and Agriculture on Saturday to release the list of ingredients in the pheromone that will be sprayed on Santa Cruz and Monterey counties to eradicate the light brown apple moth. [News Source]

Exposure To Sunlight May Decrease Risk Of Advanced Breast Cancer By Half (Science Daily) Scientists have found that increased exposure to sunlight -- which increases levels of vitamin D in the body -- may decrease the risk of advanced breast cancer. These new findings about breast cancer risk and sun exposure based on skin color measurements are consistent with previous research that had shown that women who reported frequent sun exposure had a lower risk of developing breast cancer ... [News Source]

‘Weigh’ too much of a good thing. Obesity has become a world-wide epidemic with 1,3 billion people being either overweight or obese according to the South African Medical Research Council, which has released a study. [News Source]

Women in Kashmir suffer from Vitamin D deficiency: Study (Press Trust of India) A M Sofi Srinagar, Oct 21 (PTI) Spending long hours indoors doing embroidery or stitching garments, women in Kashmir have been found suffering from Vitamin 'D' deficiency, according to a study. [News Source]

Vitamin D deficiency in Kashmiri eves (The Times of India) SRINAGAR: Spending long hours indoors doing embroidery or stitching garments, women in Kashmir have been found suffering from Vitamin D deficiency, according to a study. [News Source]

Women in Kashmir suffer from Vitamin D deficiency: Study (PTI via Yahoo! India News) A M Sofi Srinagar, Oct 21 (PTI) Spending long hours indoors doing embroidery or stitching garments, women in Kashmir have been found suffering from Vitamin 'D' deficiency, according to a [News Source]

Exposure to sunlight may decrease risk of advanced breast cancer by half (Addict 3D) A research team has found that increased exposure to sunlight – which increases levels of vitamin D in the body -- may decrease the risk of advanced breast cancer. [News Source]