Meijer offers free prenatal vitamins for moms-to-be (WWMT 3 Kalamazoo) KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NewsChannel 3) - Pregnant women in the Kalamazoo area will soon have some extra help in ensuring the health of their unborn babies. Starting this Saturday, Meijer will offer free prenatal vitamins at all 181 of its pharmacies. [News Source]

Benefits of vitamin D (WABC-TV New York) Researcher are finding new benefits to proper vitamin D intake. [News Source]

Good vitamin A intake may prevent cleft palate (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Getting adequate amounts of vitamin A during pregnancy may reduce the risk of having a child with cleft palate, Norwegian researchers report. [News Source]

No Dodging Prostate Cancer With Vitamin D (CBS News) A new study shows that higher levels of vitamin D in the blood are not associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer. [News Source]

Meijer to give out free prenatal vitamins (Detroit News) GRAND RAPIDS -- Meijer stores will begin offering free prenatal vitamins to customers with prescriptions from their doctors. [News Source]

Meijer pharmacies to offer free prenatal vitamins (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Meijer stores will begin offering free prenatal vitamins to customers with prescriptions from their doctors. The new program starts Sunday. [News Source]

Local stores to offer free prenatal vitamins (Battle Creek Enquirer) Meijer pharmacies will distribute free prenatal vitamins beginning Sunday as part of its healthy living initiative. [News Source]

Families struggling as bills begin to bite. The global commodity price hikes that have led to riots and civil disorder from Haiti to west Africa to the Philippines may have been greeted, in this country, with British stoicism, but for many, food price rises are starting to hurt. [News Source]

You emit what you eat. Eating less red meat and fewer dairy products even one day per week would do more against global warming than becoming a 'locavore' who eats an entirely regional diet. [News Source]

The future of Arctic marine mammals: tenuous at best. The startling reduction of Arctic sea ice is unleashing a cascade of environmental changes that challenges the survival of marine mammals. Their fates hinge on their ability to adapt. [News Source]

Dietary boron reduces lung cancer risk in women. Higher amounts of boron in the diet are associated with lower risk of lung cancer in women, researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston report. [News Source]

XanGo Introduces 3SIXTY5(TM) Whole Food Nutrition Multi-Vitamin (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Global nutrition leader XanGo, LLC, creator of the mangosteen supplement category, today announced the launch of its 3SIXTY5 whole food nutrition multi-vitamin brand. [News Source]