Study on vitamins link to behaviour (Channel 4) Scientists are to launch a £1.4 million project examining whether young criminals, including murderers, behave better in prison if they are fed vitamins and other nutritional supplements. [News Source]

‘Low Vitamin E intake causes physical decline in elderly’ (New Kerala) Washington, Jan 28: Researchers from the US have found that a low concentration of Vitamin E in blood causes decline in physical function in older persons. [News Source]

Perchlorate in South County and the Presidential primary. Under George W. Bush, the EPA's tone and direction regarding perchlorate contamination is delay, defer and dither. [News Source]

Vitamin D fights tuberculosis (TVNZ) African immigrants with low levels of vitamin D are much more likely to be infected with tuberculosis, a finding that suggests the vitamin may help prevent and treat TB, Australian researchers said on Tuesday. [News Source]

High vitamin C level linked to stroke risk (Pretoria News) New York - A person's level of vitamin C may predict his or her likelihood of having a stroke, according to a long-term study of some 20 000 middle-aged and older residents of Norfolk, United Kingdom. [News Source]

Vitamin D may help fight tuberculosis, study finds (AlertNet) Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - African immigrants with low levels of vitamin D are much more likely to be infected with tuberculosis, a finding that suggests the vitamin may help prevent and treat TB ... [News Source]

Vitamin D may help fight tuberculosis, study finds (Reuters via Yahoo! News) African immigrants with low levels of vitamin D are much more likely to be infected with tuberculosis, a finding that suggests the vitamin may help prevent and treat TB, Australian researchers said on Monday. [News Source]

Dr. Soram Khalsa: Vitamin D (HuffingtonPost)

If you live north of 37 degrees latitude (approximately a line drawn horizontally connecting Norfolk, VA to San Francisco, CA) sunlight is not sufficient to create Vitamin D in your skin in the winter months, even if you are sitting in the sun in a bathing suit on a warm January day!

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Vitamins May Help Cancer-Related Pain (WebMD) High-potency vitamins, melatonin supplements, and other complementary remedies may help to relieve the debilitating pain and fatigue experienced by most people with advanced pancreatic cancer, a new study suggests. [News Source]

Vitamin E lack linked to physical decline (EARTHtimes.org) A study of 698 Italians age 65 and older found those with a low concentration of vitamin E in the blood was linked with physical decline. First author Benedetta Bartali, a a postdoctoral fellow at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., and colle... [News Source]

Vitamin E lack linked to physical decline (UPI) A study of 698 Italians age 65 and older found those with a low concentration of vitamin E in the blood was linked with physical decline. [News Source]

On skinny genes. It is no secret that obesity in America is increasing at an alarming rate. Many blame genetic makeup. But can we blame our expanding national waistline on genes? Yes and no. [News Source]