Prevention of osteoporosis might lie in vitamin D levels (News-Medical-Net) Sixty-year-old Darlene Yates has had two hip replacements, a knee replacement and this past year shattered her left femur while she was walking in her neighborhood. [News Source]

At The Vanguard Of Vitamins (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News) If it weren't for British biochemist Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Americans might not be obsessed with gobbling down their daily vitamins. [News Source]

At The Vanguard Of Vitamins (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance) If it weren't for British biochemist Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Americans might not be obsessed with gobbling down their daily vitamins. [News Source]

The affluent live longer. Your address strongly influences your longevity, according to a groundbreaking report released Tuesday on the life expectancies of Bay Area residents. [News Source]

Nova Scotia has the highest cancer rate in Canada, new statistics confirm. Men and women in Nova Scotia suffer from the highest cancer rates in Canada, according to new statistics released Wednesday by the Canadian Cancer Society. [News Source]

Seven or more eggs a week raises risk of death. Middle-aged men who ate seven or more eggs a week had a higher risk of earlier death, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. [News Source]

Food colourings with link to hyperactivity may be banned. Food safety watchdogs are expected to call today for a ban on six artificial food colourings which have been linked to hyperactivity in children. [News Source]

Vitamin D in childhood reduces diabetes risk — HealthandAge (HealthandAge) A review of the evidence shows a strong role for vitamin D supplements given in childhood protecting against the development of type 1 diabetes in later life. The higher the dose, the greater the protection. [News Source]

The climate change diet. Spiralling food prices, fuelled in part by climate change, may pressure us into changing our diet -- perhaps for the better. [News Source]

Let’s ditch ethanol. We can't afford to make any more mistakes in how to 'save the planet.' Start by ditching corn ethanol. [News Source]

Case of the disappearing dads. Exposures to pesticides, herbicides, industrial agents, tobacco, alcohol and metals - even mobile phone use - are being increasingly blamed for abnormal sperm and falls in sperm counts. [News Source]

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked To Tuberculosis (Medical News Today) Patients with active tuberculosis are more likely to be vitamin D deficient than the rest of the population. [News Source]