Vitamin D helps slow ageing (Deccan Herald) Healthy levels of vitamin D may help to slow the ageing process and protect against age-related diseases, a team of British scientists has found. [News Source]

Mission Pharmacal Launches CitraNatal(TM) Prescription Prenatal Vitamin Line (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Mission Pharmacal today announced the launch of the CitraNatal family of prescription prenatal vitamins. [News Source]

Dallas landfills spur state environmental probe. State environmental officials are investigating the city of Dallas over the continuing hazards posed by two former landfills located near the Trinity River and South Loop 12, which are starting to erode and leak pollutants and deadly gas. [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]

Heather Mills launches HOT! campaign. Heather Mills McCartney, a vegetarian, yesterday launched the HOT! campaign to convince people that the most effective action they can take to reduce global warming and other environmental catastrophes is to stop eating meat, dairy and other animal-products. [News Source]

The cures in your kitchen. Preventive medicines made from rice, berries and red wine could soon be available to help to prevent cancer and other diseases -- and pills could be available by 2010. [News Source]

Food makers pressured to cut sodium. Americans eat nearly two teaspoons of salt daily, more than double what they need for good health - and it's not because of the table salt-shaker. [News Source]

Food makers pressured to cut sodium. Public health specialists are pressuring the Food and Drug Administration to require food makers to cut the sodium and will call the government intervention crucial to fighting heart disease in a hearing next week. [News Source]

Ate too much? Tight pants may be the smallest worry. Big meals can raise the risk for heart attack, gallbladder pain and dangerous drowsiness on the drive home. [News Source]

Have you got the fat gene? For years it's a question that has baffled dieters, doctors and fitness experts: why do some people put on weight so easily while others with similar lifestyles stay slim? [News Source]

Moms need sleep to shed ‘baby flab’. Researchers presented a conundrum to new mothers on Monday, saying that women who want to lose the extra weight gained in pregnancy should try to get more sleep. [News Source]

Lack of B vitamins linked to obesity. Babies whose mothers do not get enough essential B vitamins around the time of conception may grow up predisposed to obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. [News Source]