Drug slows prostate tumor growth by keeping vitamin A active (EurekAlert!) SINGAPORE -- A novel compound that blocks the breakdown of retinoic acid, derived from vitamin A, is a surprisingly effective and “promiscuous” agent in treating animal models of human prostate cancer, say investigators from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). [News Source]

Surprise on Delta fish. It's safe for pregnant women to eat catfish, crappie, carp and bluegill caught in the south Delta. But other fish from other places? That depends. [News Source]

What’s in your Delta dinner? In the largest study yet conducted on mercury contamination in the Delta, researchers over past two years have used electric shocks to stun fish and collect them for testing. [News Source]

The case for real food. For years the scientific community has viewed individual vitamins and nutrients as the best that food has to offer. [News Source]

Disappearance of indigenous baby boys tied to industrial pollution. Tribal members were first baffled, and then aghast following the realization that yes, they had enough girls for three baseball teams, but not enough boys for even one team. [News Source]

Obesity study highlights disturbing trends. A quarter of men and women in 63 countries were found to be obese in a massive study of more than 168 000 people, France's top medical research institute said on Monday. [News Source]

Researchers explore mercury’s continued threat to public health. Despite decades of government attempts to erase it from household use, the poisonous metal mercury remains a threat to the environment and public health, especially to children and women of childbearing age. [News Source]

Exhaustive test reveals mercury levels in Bay Area fish sport fish. The most exhaustive study to date on mercury contamination in Northern California sport fish has found that some of the most popular species, including striped bass and carp, have the highest concentrations of the potent neurotoxin. [News Source]

The Hartz Mountain Corporation Recalls Vitamin Care for Cats (Kansas City InfoZine) The Hartz Mountain Corporation is voluntarily recalling one specific lot of Hartz Vitamin Care for Cats due to concerns that one or more bottles within the lot may have been potentially contaminated with Salmonella. Hartz is fully cooperating with the US Food and Drug Administration in this voluntary recall. [News Source]