California unveils climate reforms. California has released its plans to achieve the goals of landmark global warming legislation it passed in 2006. The state wants to reduce greenhouse emissions and ramp up renewable energy production by 2020. [News Source]

Un-busy bees a disaster for almost everyone. The folks at Haagen-Dazs are so worried that they and others have mounted a campaign to halt the shocking decline of honeybees and other pollinators. [News Source]

Youth eating disorders as bad as cancer, conference told. Youth with eating disorders sometimes end up worse off than children with leukemia, but people still aren't treating the issue seriously, delegates at the 85th annual Canadian Paediatric Society conference were told Thursday. [News Source]

Low vitamin B tied to hip fracture risk (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Older adults who are low in B vitamins or have elevated levels of a blood protein called homocysteine may be at increased risk of suffering a hip fracture, new study findings suggest. [News Source]

Demand for vitamin D tests soars (C-Health) With study after study touting the potential benefits of vitamin D, including the possibility it may stave off some cancers, requests for tests to check patients' blood levels have soared in the last year, leaving some medical labs scrambling to meet demand. [News Source]

Demand for vitamin D tests soars (C-Health) With study after study touting the potential benefits of vitamin D, including the possibility it may stave off some cancers, requests for tests to check patients' blood levels have soared in the last year, leaving some medical labs scrambling to meet demand. [News Source]