Folic acid, B vitamins not linked to reduced risk of cardiovascular events in high-risk women (News-Medical-Net) Women at high-risk of cardiovascular disease who took a daily supplement of folic acid and vitamin B6 and B12 for seven years did not have an overall reduced rate of cardiovascular events, despite a significant lowering of homocysteine levels, according to a study in the May 7 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. [News Source]

B vitamins fail to cut heart risk in study (Straits Times) CHICAGO - GIVING B vitamins and folic acid supplements to reduce high levels of a blood protein that is a marker for heart disease did nothing to protect women from heart trouble, according to a United States study released on Tuesday. [News Source]

Low vitamin D boosts depression risk (TVNZ) Older people with low blood levels of vitamin D and high blood levels of parathyroid hormone are more likely to be depressed, Dutch researchers report. [News Source]

B vitamins fail to cut heart risk in study (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Giving B vitamins and folic acid supplements to reduce high levels of a blood protein that is a marker for heart disease did nothing to protect women from heart trouble, according to a study released on Tuesday. [News Source]

Folic acid, B vitamins not linked to reduced risk of cardiovascular events in high-risk women (EurekAlert!) Women at high-risk of cardiovascular disease who took a daily supplement of folic acid and vitamin B6 and B12 for seven years did not have an overall reduced rate of cardiovascular events, despite a significant lowering of homocysteine levels, according to a study in the May 7 issue of JAMA. [News Source]

B Vitamins Fail to Lower Heart Risks (WebMD) Daily supplements of folic acid and B vitamins do not appear to lower the risk of heart disease or stroke in women. [News Source]

Lack of vitamin D linked to depression (UPI) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, May 6 (UPI) -- Older adults with low blood levels of vitamin D may be at higher risk for depression, Dutch researchers found. [News Source]

Low Blood Levels Of Vitamin D May Be Associated With Depression In Older Adults (Science Daily) Older adults with low blood levels of vitamin D and high blood levels of a hormone secreted by the parathyroid glands may have a higher risk of depression, according to a new report. About 13 percent of older individuals have symptoms of depression, and other researchers have speculated that vitamin D may be linked to depression and other psychiatric illnesses, according to background ... [News Source]

Food vs. fuel a global myth. In recent weeks, a flood of reports and statements has claimed that the world's biofuel programs—in particular the U.S. corn ethanol effort—is starving poor people around the globe. However, that's completely untrue. [News Source]

Bad economics. The years 2007-2008 saw a dramatic surge in the world food prices, bringing a state of global crisis and causing political and economical instability and social unrest in poor and developed nations. [News Source]

Fuel costs and political violence contribute to rising food prices. Food prices in Kenya have risen significantly since the beginning of the year. And with many farmers still displaced from their land because of the post-election violence, there is growing concern that a food crisis might be looming. [News Source]

W&M student finds DDT in penguins. DDT was banned in the U.S. in 1973, but a College of William and Mary graduate student has found that levels of the chemical remain steady in the tissues of penguins in Antarctica, where DDT was never used. [News Source]