Nuclear to get a green make-over. For supporters of nuclear power, a new generation of reactors is critical to meeting Britain’s ambitious climate-change targets. Nuclear output of ten gigawatts - a sixth of Britain’s peak needs – will be lost by 2023, and carbon emissions will rise if this gap is filled with fossil fuels. [News Source]

Many factors fueling rising food prices. The rush for biofuels and record-setting oil prices also appear to be having a ripple effect on food prices. [News Source]

Cue the gluttony. Several recent studies, papers and a popular weight-loss book argue that eating is an automatic behavior triggered by environmental cues that most people are unaware of -- or simply can't ignore. [News Source]

Acrylamide in food may increase the risk of breast cancer. Animal tests have shown acrylamide to be a carcinogen, but until recently no studies have demonstrated a link between acrylamide in foods and cancer in humans. [News Source]

Vitamin E may reduce diabetic heart risk (Moldova.org) An Israeli study suggests that vitamin E supplements can reduce the risk of heart attacks and related deaths for some Type 2 diabetics.Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Clalit Health Services found that Type 2 diabetics who took 400 IUs of vitamin E daily had more than 50 percent fewer heart attacks, strokes, and related deaths than Hp 2-2 patients who took a placebo ... [News Source]

Vitamin E may reduce diabetic heart risk (EARTHtimes.org) An Israeli study suggests that vitamin E supplements can reduce the risk of heart attacks and related deaths for some Type 2 diabetics. Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Clalit Health Services found that Type 2 diabetics who t... [News Source]

Vitamin E may reduce diabetic heart risk (UPI) An Israeli study suggests that vitamin E supplements can reduce the risk of heart attacks and related deaths for some Type 2 diabetics. [News Source]