Vitamin D’s cancer benefits questioned. A large new study found no sign that vitamin D lowers the overall risk of dying from cancer. [News Source]

Follow these tips to avoid lead poisoning. The outreach comes as consumers are dealing with a massive list of recalled lead-laced and defective Chinese-made toys, including more than 20 million recalled by the world’s largest toy maker, Mattel Inc. [News Source]

Doctors call for universal autism screenings. Parents of children diagnosed with autism and related conditions say new guidelines urging screening for all children twice by age 2 is a step in the right direction - but remains a long way from providing answers about a perplexing spectrum of disorders. [News Source]

Body fat is linked to six types of cancers. Excess body fat increases an individual's risk for six types of cancer, according to a report to be released today by two leading cancer research groups. [News Source]

Red meat and alcohol ‘increase cancer risk’. Eating red meat and drinking alcohol - even in small amounts - increases the risk of developing cancer, a global conference will hear tomorrow. [News Source]

Strong link between obesity, alcohol and cancer, major study finds. Overweight people and heavy drinkers have a higher risk of getting cancer, says a major report being released later today. [News Source]

Chinese chemicals flow unchecked to market. Pharmaceutical ingredients exported from China are often made by chemical companies that are neither certified nor inspected by Chinese drug regulators -- and some companies accused of selling counterfeit drugs are owned by the government itself. [News Source]

Study: Vitamin D May Not Lower Risk of Cancer Deaths (Fox News) Vitamin D may not lower the overall risk of death from cancer, according to a large study by the National Cancer Institute. [News Source]

Vitamin D cuts colon cancer death risk: U.S. study (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

People with higher vitamin D levels are less likely to die of colorectal cancer, researchers said on Tuesday, but the vitamin does not appear to affect the chances of dying from any other type of cancer.

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Study Suggests Vitamin’s Power Limited (Hartford Courant) D Fails To Stand Out As A Cancer Fighter, Except In Colorectal Tumors A large new study found no sign that vitamin D lowers the overall risk of dying from cancer, injecting a note of caution into the latest vitamin craze. [News Source]

Dishman acquires fine chemicals & vitamin D business from Solvay (PharmaBiz) Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals Ltd (DPCL) has signed a deal with Solvay Pharmaceuticals BV (Solvay), the Netherlands, for acquiring their fine chemicals, vitamim D and vitamin D analogues business. [News Source]

Vitamin D cuts colorectal cancer risk, suggests U.S. study (CBC) People with higher vitamin D levels are less likely to die from colorectal cancer, but the vitamin doesn't appear to lower the overall risk of dying from cancer, a U.S. study suggested Tuesday. [News Source]