More Vitamin D in Childhood Cuts Later Diabetes Risk (HealthCentral.com) Copyright © 2008 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. FRIDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Children who take vitamin D supplements may be less likely to develop type 1 diabetes later in life, according to researchers who analyzed the findings of five previously published studies. [News Source]

More Vitamin D in Childhood Cuts Later Diabetes Risk (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) FRIDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Children who take vitamin D supplements may be less likely to develop type 1 diabetes later in life, according to researchers who analyzed the findings of five previously published studies. [News Source]

Vitamin D provides multiple health benefits (WTHR Indianapolis) Along with protecting the heart, bones, and preventing diabetes, growing evidence suggests vitamin D may play a role in warding off diseases like cancer.  [News Source]

Vitamins can help keep sperm normal - study (Cape Argus) Washington - Vitamins known as folates that prevent birth defects when consumed by women also help to keep men's sperm normal, researchers reported on Wednesday. [News Source]

Experts say get more Vitamin D (WPBN Traverse City) Many nutrition experts agree that we need more of the vitamin. Posted: Friday, March 21, 2008 at 10:39 a.m. The latest nutritional supplement under the spotlight, or in this case the sunlight, Vitamin D the so called sunshine vitamin. [News Source]

Vitamins can help keep sperm normal - study (Independent Online) New research has shown that men who consume vitamins normally taken by pregnant women have a better chance of maintaining the quality of their sperm. [News Source]

Scientists show how humans survive ‘inborn’ vitamin C deficiency (New Kerala)

Washington, March 21 : A new study has shed light on how humans and other higher primates like guinea pigs and fruit bats, survive the “inborn metabolic error” or an inability to produce vitamin C from glucose.

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Vitamin B does the ‘fatherly’ trick (Hindustan Times) Men are more likely to father healthy children if they eat a diet rich in vitamin B, a new study has revealed. [News Source]

Health Tip: Weight-Bearing Exercises Strengthen Bones (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) (HealthDay News) -- Getting plenty of calcium and vitamin D in your diet are great ways to ward off the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis. Weight-bearing exercises are another way to help maintain bone health. [News Source]

Climate change? Been there, done that. In a fascinating new book, Brian Fagan explores the shifting climactic conditions and their consequences during the Medieval Warm Period from about A.D. 800 to 1300. [News Source]

Lauderdale incinerator/health ties denied. A new study found few ties between health concerns and an ash-producing incinerator in an inner-city Fort Lauderdale, Florida neighborhood -- even though the lead investigator conceded the study wasn't comprehensive. [News Source]

Corn quandary. Efforts to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions by increasing the production of corn-based biofuels could contribute to an already worsening 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico, finds a new study. [News Source]