Canada launches massive study of adult cancer precursors. Canada has joined the global stampede of countries gathering biological data over decades on a large population cohort in hopes of better understanding the genetic, social, and environmental factors that affect human health. [News Source]

Getting personal. As the cost of gene sequencing has fallen, firms have rushed to offer genetic tests directly to consumers, often raising grand expectations. [News Source]

Go green and choose a plant-based diet. Changing our diet from an animal-centric diet to a plant-based diet is by far the "most green" action that an individual can take. [News Source]

Experts find gene linked to overeating and obesity. A Rogue gene which makes people over-eat until they are obese has been discovered by Scots researchers. [News Source]

Better than cure. That a healthy way of life can prevent cancer is well known. But how such a lifestyle switches off genes that promote cancer remains a mystery. [News Source]

Vitamin D may provide relief to chronic pain patients (New Kerala) Washington, June 20 : For people suffering from chronic pain, an extra dose of vitamin D may offer a better treatment option, according to a new research report. [News Source]

Vitamin D Linked To Colon Cancer Survival (Medical News Today) 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 by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. [News Source]

Vitamin D Helps Soothe Chronic Aches & Pains, Research Report Says (PR.com) 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. [PR.com - June 20, 2008] [News Source]

Vitamin D May Promote Colon Cancer Survival (KOLD News 13 Tuscon) By Steven Reinberg , HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer patients with high blood levels of vitamin D... [News Source]

Vitamin D May Promote Colon Cancer Survival (ABC 7 El Paso) By Steven Reinberg , HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer patients with high blood levels of vitamin D... [News Source]