Vitamin D May Help Patients Survive Cancer (ABC News) New report suggests sunshine vitamin may have significant cancer benefits. [News Source]

Cougar shortage harms wild lands. A scarcity of cougars and other large predators is devastating large stands of oak, aspen, cottonwood and even spectacular wildflower blooms in Western wild lands because deer and other foraging animals no longer fear predators and are overgrazing as a result. [News Source]

The new vegetarianism: meat is more murderous than ever. Newsnight recently ran an item on the arguments for cutting down, stuffed with the requisite statistics; for example, whereas it takes 20.9 square metres of land to produce 1kg of beef, to come up with the same weight of vegetables, the figure is 0.3 square metres. [News Source]

Towards carfree cities: “We’re not doing enough.” Experts from around the world are saying that developed nations and their cities need to work harder to make themselves more sustainable. [News Source]

AS SEEN ON TV: ABCs of Vitamin D (ABC News) Resources to answer your questions about vitamin D and cancer. [News Source]

Aches? Pains? An Extra Dose of Vitamin D May Provide Relief (Newswise) Helping patients to overcome their chronic muscle, bone, or joint aches and pains may be as simple, safe, and inexpensive as an extra daily supplement of vitamin D. A new report from Pain-Topics.org reviews the evidence and provides clinical guidance. [News Source]

Vitamin D May Up Colon Cancer Survival (MedicineNet.com) Title: Vitamin D May Up Colon Cancer Survival Category: Health News Created: 6/19/2008 Last Editorial Review: 6/19/2008 [News Source]

Are your kids getting enough vitamin D? (WHOI Peoria) By Jen Christensen Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 9:39 a.m. It may not be enough to make your kids eat their veggies every night. According to an alarming new study out this month, more than 40 percent of children from infants to teens are vitamin D deficient. [News Source]

Vitamin D Linked To Colon Cancer Survival (Science Daily) Patients diagnosed with colon cancer who had abundant vitamin D in their blood were less likely to die during a follow-up period than those who were deficient in the vitamin, according to a new study. [News Source]

Vitamin D improves colon cancer survival rates (CTV.ca) Colon cancer patients who have high levels of vitamin D in their blood have a reduced risk of death compared to patients who are vitamin D deficient, a new study says. [News Source]

Vitamin D May Promote Colon Cancer Survival (HealthCentral.com) Copyright © 2008 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer patients with high blood levels of vitamin D boost their survival odds by 48 percent, a new study suggests. [News Source]

Appropriate Supplementation Of Vitamin D (Medical News Today) The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest physician organization, voted today at its Annual Meeting to adopt the following new public health policy.The current Reference Intake Values for Vitamin D were established by the Food and Nutrition Board in 1997. Current research suggests that the Upper Limits for adults is likely overly conservative. [News Source]