TAC takes a swipe at state for Rath’s vitamins (Daily Dispatch) THE Health Department has shown a decided lack of enthusiasm for investigating the activities of vitamin entrepreneur Matthias Rath, the Cape High Court was told yesterday. [News Source]

Vitamin D ‘may cut childhood diabetes’ (ic Ealing.co.uk) Giving children extra vitamin D may cut their risk of developing Type 1 diabetes by 29%. Around 250,000 people in the UK have Type 1 diabetes, which usually develops in childhood or adolescence and is unconnected to lifestyle factors such as obesity. [News Source]

Vitamin D ‘may cut childhood diabetes’ (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Giving children extra vitamin D may cut their risk of developing Type 1 diabetes by 29%.

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Vitamin D supplements ‘ward off diabetes’ (Daily Telegraph) Supplements of vitamin D can help young children to ward off diabetes in later life, researchers report. [News Source]

Vitamin D supplements cut risk of child diabetes: study (TODAYonline) Visitors march near a statue installed by the International Diabetic Federation for Diabetes Day in a courtyard of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on November 14. Taking vitamin D supplements in infancy may help a youngster ward off Type 1 diabetes, according to a review of the evidence released on Thursday in a specialist journal. [News Source]

Vitamin D supplements cut risk of child diabetes: study (AFP via Yahoo! News) Taking vitamin D supplements in infancy may help a youngster ward off Type 1 diabetes, according to a review of the evidence released on Thursday in a specialist journal. [News Source]

Vitamin D ‘cuts risk of diabetes’ (BBC News) Giving young children vitamin D supplements may cut their risk of type 1 diabetes, research suggests. [News Source]

Vitamin D May Cut Child Diabetes Risk (WebMD) Infants who get vitamin D supplements have a slightly lower risk of getting type 1 diabetes, a small study suggests. [News Source]

Extra vitamin D in early childhood cuts adult diabetes risk (EurekAlert!) Vitamin D supplements in early childhood may ward off the development of type 1 diabetes in later life, reveals a research review published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. [News Source]

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-03-12 17:35 GMT: Vitamin D supplements cut risk of child diabetes - study (Interactive Investor) PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Taking vitamin D supplements in infancy may help a youngster ward off Type 1 diabetes, according to a review of the evidence released on Thursday in specialist journal Archives of Disease in Childhood. [News Source]

The new face of hunger. In the here and now, we must help the hungry people hit by rising food prices. That means, for starters, recognizing the urgency of the crisis -- and acting. [News Source]

TMWA begins tests for drugs in river. The major water supplier for Reno and Sparks is checking its water for the presence of pharmaceuticals, officials said Tuesday. [News Source]