Shared recipes for longer life. Eating a calorie-restricted diet and being female are the best bets for living longer, at least for animals. Now scientists have discovered that some links may exist between the two. [News Source]

Should kids take statins to fight cholesterol? Newsweek's Mary Carmichael spoke with Peter Belamarich, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, who has prescribed statins to some kids but takes issue with the new guidelines. [News Source]

‘Darn hard to study, the little beggars.’ Manitoba's only native lizard - one of just six lizard species found in perilously cold Canada - is endangered, threatened by the march of invasive plants and the loss of habitat to more profitable agriculture in its realm near Carberry, Man. [News Source]

Indian state facing famine after rat plague: report. A million people in northeastern India face famine after rats destroyed most of the rice crop in their state, the International Rice Research Institute has said. [News Source]

Fatty fish not equal in “good” fats: study. While health experts recommend that people eat more fatty fish, the varieties Americans buy vary widely in their amount of healthy omega-3 fats [News Source]

Maybe we’re too stressed. The theory is that chronic stress leads to weight gain, and chronic stress is at epidemic levels. [News Source]

Maybe it’s all that high-fructose corn syrup. High-fructose corn syrup was introduced in the 1970s, about the time the obesity epidemic was first taking off. Maybe the syrup has some special, inimical quality that makes it wreak havoc with our fat cells. [News Source]

Maybe low-fat foods made us eat more. The theory is that the low-fat food fad made us fatter. We ate high-carb foods that weren't as satisfying -- and, by gosh, we ate more as a result. [News Source]

Maybe there’s too much pollution. The theory is that the pollution in our environment can poison our chances to lose weight. [News Source]

A green mood sweeps Scotland. Thousands of Scots have stepped up to the challenge of fighting climate change and are helping our country set a shining example to the rest of the world. [News Source]

Vegetarians prone to strokes: Study 13 Jul 2008, 0211 hrs IST, Shobha John ,TNN (The Times of India) NEW DELHI: Strokes are the second most common cause of deaths and the commonest cause of severe disability. Now a study has shown that deficiency of Vitamin B12, usually seen in vegetarians, can predispose a person to strokes much more than the usual risk factors — diabetes and hypertension. [News Source]

Your Health: It just takes a few minutes of sun to get vitamin D dose (Tri-State Neighbor) Ag Directory South Dakota ag business directory. Nuts & Bolts Quaterly manufacturer product directory. [News Source]