WEIL: Vitamins take on hearing loss (Rocky Mountain News) A study that found that high doses of vitamins A, C and E and magnesium protected guinea pigs' from hearing loss has researchers hopeful that the same thing will work for humans. [News Source]

Vitamin D Use Linked to Lower Mortality in Kidney Patients (MedicineNet.com) Title: Vitamin D Use Linked to Lower Mortality in Kidney Patients Category: Health News Created: 5/17/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/19/2008 [News Source]

Low Vitamin D Tied to Depression in Older Adults (MedicineNet.com) Title: Low Vitamin D Tied to Depression in Older Adults Category: Health News Created: 5/18/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/19/2008 [News Source]

Vitamin D Deficiency Worsens Breast Cancer? (MedicineNet.com) Title: Vitamin D Deficiency Worsens Breast Cancer? Category: Health News Created: 5/19/2008 Last Editorial Review: 5/19/2008 [News Source]

Vitamin D and breast cancer: sunlight or supplements? (Nutraingredients.com) 19-May-2008 - Higher vitamin D levels from exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), may reduce the incidence of breast cancer, according to a new study. [News Source]

Dumaguing: Vitamins don’t slow CVD dev’t in high risk women (Sun Star) ANTIOXIDANT vitamins and folic acid didn't slow the development of cardiovascular disease among high-risk women in two long-running, randomized trials, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions. [News Source]

Doug Bremner: The Vitamins are Coming! The Vitamins are Coming! (HuffingtonPost) There is now a large body of research, including studies with tens of thousands of patients, that shows that vitamins do not prevent heart disease or lengthen your life. [News Source]

Offshore drilling worries Inupiat. Likely rich in oil and gas reserves, the northern seas are also home to whales, seals and other marine species that to this day make up the bulk of the Inupiat diet. [News Source]

Smarts about snacks. For years, consumer advocates and nutritionists have said that schools should stock more healthful snacks, but schools and districts have been reluctant to make that change. [News Source]

Sunscreen contamination. Ninety-seven percent of Americans "are contaminated with a widely-used sunscreen ingredient called oxybenzone that has been linked to allergies, hormone disruption, and cell damage," revealed the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study, which was circulated March 25, 2008. [News Source]

Climate change bill picking up steam. Boosted by all three presidential candidates, an ambitious plan to combat global warming is about to take center stage for the first time in Congress. [News Source]

State zeroes in on Millsboro’s cluster. The Indian River power plant is ground zero in the state's cancer cluster research, a follow-up to a study released last summer identifying a cluster of cancer cases in six codes around the coal-fired power plant. [News Source]