Vitamin A may improve infant survival (TVNZ) In a study conducted in India, vitamin A supplements given in the early newborn period reduced the risk of infant deaths from diarrhea, fever and respiratory infections, but did not reduce the occurrence of these problems. [News Source]

Swank is addicted to vitamins (The Times of India) Hilary Swank is so health obsessed she takes 45 vitamins a day and insists on having regular vitamin injections. [News Source]

Carbon myths. Recycling and banning plastic bags are all very well, but they won't save the planet. Instead, we should fly less, go vegan and insulate the loft. [News Source]

Letting microbes do the dirty work—not to mention boost energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Microbes can convert oil into methane and scientists may have figured out how to harness the process. [News Source]

As gene tests spread, questions follow. Ever since the human genome was deciphered, companies have been rushing to sell genetic tests directly to consumers. But buyers, beware: Many of the claims are not fully supported by science. [News Source]

Goal: expand teacher cancer study. For the past dozen years, thousands of female public school teachers and administrators like Geyer have helped advance statewide research into breast cancer and other women's health issues. [News Source]

Bush override was pure pork-barrel politics. The override of the $5 billion Water Resources Development Act was nothing to cheer about, although you wouldn’t know it from the jubilant press releases that gushed forth from all extremes of the political spectrum. [News Source]

Vitamin A may reduce infant death risk (People’s Daily) In a new study in India, vitamin A supplements given in the early newborn period reduced the risk of infant deaths from diarrhea, fever and respiratory infections, but did not reduce the occurrence of these problems, media reports said Wedn ... [News Source]