New Yellow Corn Could Boost Vitamin A, Save Sight (NPR) Researchers have discovered some long-abandoned varieties of corn that contain higher levels of beta-carotene, which the body uses to make vitamin A. Wider use of this corn in the developing world could keep millions of people from going blind. [News Source]

How safe are your daily supplements? (Daily Telegraph) Many of us pop vitamin pills in the belief that we are safeguarding our health. But, Chloe Rhodes discovers, some could be doing more harm than good. [News Source]

Calcium and vitamin D is more effective than calcium alone in preventing bone loss in elderly women (News-Medical-Net) Previous studies have shown that high calcium intake can help prevent bone loss. This latest study, however, demonstrated that calcium therapy, although initially successful at preventing bone loss, was no different from placebo after three or five years. [News Source]

New Way To Produce High-Vitamin Corn Could Improve Eye Health And Nutrition In Developing Countries (Medical News Today) Scientists have developed a potentially powerful new tool in the fight against deficiencies in dietary vitamin A, which cause eye diseases, including blindness, in 40 million children annually, and increased health risks for about 250 million people, mostly in developing countries. [News Source]

UC Davis study happy with ‘D’ (The Reporter) Inside a laboratory at Stanford University, researchers are confidently pursuing evidence that vitamin D plays an important role in breast and prostate cancer prevention. At Children's Hospital Oakland, a famed nutritionist is convinced that widespread deficiency of vitamin D in the U. [News Source]

Klamath River dam removal plan ready. A deal calling for removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River to restore struggling salmon runs has been forged among farmers, Indian tribes, fishers, conservation groups and government agencies battling over scarce water in the region. [News Source]

Scientist claims test reduce autism. Women thinking of becoming pregnant can greatly reduce the danger of having an autistic child by undergoing toxicity tests, a Geelong scientist has claimed. [News Source]

Are the chemicals in your lipstick giving you a bigger bust? Whether concealed in lace or held firmly under wraps in no - nonsense Lycra, the fact that can no longer be hidden is that British breasts are getting bigger. In less than ten years the average bra size has grown from a 34B to 36C. [News Source]

VITAMIN D SEES THE LIGHT ‘Sunshine’ nutrient may have key role in halting disease (Contra Costa Times) Inside a laboratory at Stanford University, researchers are confidently pursuing evidence that vitamin D plays an important role in breast and prostate cancer prevention. [News Source]

Healthbeat: Vitamin D in the news (Portsmouth Herald) Vitamin D has been making the news lately. [News Source]

There’s scant data to back vitamin B12 boosts (Pioneer Press) Pitcher Roger Clemens is feeling the heat. A former trainer has said he injected the seven-time Cy Young winner with steroids and human growth hormone, but Clemens says the only injections he received were of vitamin B12 and lidocaine, an analgesic. [News Source]