Olympic champ Gatlin’s ban sliced to 4 years (Sports Illustrated) Sprinter Justin Gatlin got his doping ban reduced, but not by enough to make him eligible to defend his Olympic 100-meter title this year. [News Source]

Gatlin gets 8-year ban reduced to 4 (Sports Illustrated) Sprinter Justin Gatlin got his doping ban reduced, but not by enough to make him eligible to defend his Olympic 100-meter title this year. [News Source]

Sprinter Gatlin’s doping ban reduced (AP via Yahoo! News) Sprinter Justin Gatlin got his doping ban reduced, but not by enough to make him eligible to defend his Olympic 100-meter title this year. An arbitration panel, in a 53-page ruling released Tuesday, reduced the 25-year-old sprinter's potential eight-year ban to four. With the ban set to expire May 24, 2010, it means Gatlin would be on the sidelines for the Beijing Olympics in August. [News Source]

Politics and graft undermine African health care (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The crowd of African women are tired and angry after hours waiting in the hot sun, but the officials will not vaccinate their children until the president inaugurates the campaign on state television. [News Source]

The Middle East’s Leading English Language Daily (Arab News) VITAMIN supplements have recently become over-publicized, leading to their misuse, abuse, and the insufficient consumption of whole foods. Overload of certain nutrients can be just as harmful as their [News Source]

Hostility tied to lower levels of antioxidants (Environmental News Network) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hostility could increase people's risk of heart disease by depleting their levels of certain heart-healthy antioxidants, new research suggests. Oxidative stress occurs when production of free radicals, which are normal byproducts of metabolism, out paces the body's ability to neutralize them, resulting in tissue damage. It has been associated with heart disease, ... [News Source]

Hostility tied to lower levels of antioxidants (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Hostility could increase people's risk of heart disease by depleting their levels of certain heart-healthy antioxidants, new research suggests. [News Source]

Some sun may guard against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Recreational sun exposure could help prevent a type of blood cancer involving the lymph nodes called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), according to pooled data from 10 studies. [News Source]

Pitkin County resolves to improve its energy diet. The government will hire an energy manager as soon as possible in 2008 to help it improve on efficiency issues, according to the director of public works. [News Source]

‘In defense of food’ author offers advice for health. "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." That's the advice journalist and author Michael Pollan offers in his new book, In Defense of Food. [News Source]

No gimmicks: Eat less and exercise more. The basics of good nutrition have not changed in 2008. [News Source]

Pepsi tackles childhood obesity with videogames in Mexico. In a country, where 80% of schools lack access to drinking water, Pepsi challenges students to stave off obesity while selling them soda. [News Source]