Arrest Made In Deadly Stabbing Outside Vitamin Store (Channel 8 San Diego) A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a deadly stabbing in Hillcrest. [News Source]

£350m a year on vitamins (The Scotsman) BRITONS spend more than £350 million each year on vitamins and other dietary supplements. [News Source]

Cholesterol drugs for 8-year-olds. After reading a new recommendation that children be given drugs to reduce their cholesterol levels, we are dismayed by what the report says about children’s health. [News Source]

An uphill nutrition fight. As public health researchers grapple with the alarmingly high rates of diabetes, obesity and heart disease in poor urban neighborhoods, they are turning their attention to getting better food into corner stores. [News Source]

Can bovine burp research slow global warming? Fun fieldwork for a team of Argentinan scientists who are measuring the levels of methane in cow belches in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Ten people die from new CJD-like disease. A new form of fatal dementia has been discovered in 16 Americans, 10 of whom have already died of the condition. It resembles Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - with patients gradually losing their ability to think, speak and move - but has features that distinguish it from CJD. [News Source]

Heart disease: US doctors back statins for children as young as 8. A recommendation that children as young as eight with high be put on statins to reduce their risk of heart disease has triggered a furore, because there is little long-term data on the risks. [News Source]

Future of popular Chinese herbal medicine up in the air. Rising incomes in east China are pushing demand for an elusive fungus used to treat everything from cancer to erectile dysfunction. Collecting it is exacerbating environmental degradation, violence, and threatens the fungus's very existence. [News Source]

Vision vitamins may be harmful for smokers (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Based on new research, smokers may want to check the beta-carotene content of any multivitamin supplements they are taking, especially if these supplements are promoted as being beneficial for eye health. [News Source]

Ghana: Consumers of Fruits At Risk (AllAfrica.com) Fruits, be it fresh or dry, have been a natural staple diet of human beings since ancient times. Replete with minerals, vitamins and enzymes, they are easily digestible. Fruits are not only good sources of food; they also serve as medicines, and have the capacity to treat ailments. [News Source]