Vitamin A Pushes Breast Cancer To Form Blood Vessel Cells (Science Daily) Researchers have discovered that vitamin A, when applied to breast cancer cells, turns on genes that can push stem cells embedded in a tumor to morph into endothelial cells. These cells can then build blood vessels to link up to the body's blood supply, promoting further tumor growth. [News Source]

Gene tags ‘fuel obesity epidemic’. A study, in the International Journal of Obesity, showed mice genetically prone to obesity getting fatter generation by generation. [News Source]

Neighborhood may affect high blood pressure risk. A new study suggests that building better neighborhoods might improve residents' cardiovascular health. [News Source]

Obesity ‘hikes’ pancreatic risk. Obese women, who carry most of their excess weight around the stomach, are 70% more likely to develop pancreatic cancer, research suggests. [News Source]

How an overweight mother could be making her baby obese. Women who are overweight before and during pregnancy are "passing on" their obesity to their babies, a study suggests; genetic mechanisms that control the weight of an infant may be altered if a mother is obese. [News Source]

EPA unveils first rules on carbon dioxide storage. The US EPA wants to make sure curbing global warming doesn't contaminate drinking water, so it is issuing its first regulations on the burial of CO2 underground. [News Source]

Obesity epidemic calls for desperate measures. Our nation also must make a commitment to addressing this public health crisis by supporting school- based exercise, such as the disappearing gym class. [News Source]

Doctors, activists work to stop clay eating in Africa. The ingestion of earth or clay, known as geophagy, is a little-known but relatively widespread phenomenon in parts of Africa and Asia. [News Source]

E. Coli Related Illness Found in New York, Kentucky and Indiana. People in three new states have fallen ill because of E. coli-tainted beef first thought to be isolated to those living in Ohio and Michigan. [News Source]

Expectant moms who go nuts boost child asthma risk. Pregnant women who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily raise the risk their children will develop asthma by 50 percent. [News Source]

Nut products increase risk of childhood asthma, study says. Pregnant women who eat nut products every day could significantly increase their child's risk of developing asthma, a study shows. [News Source]

Researchers ID some new health benefits of Vitamin D (Gaffney Ledger) ROCHESTER, Minn.- Vitamin D is essential to strong bones. Inadequate vitamin D can lead to osteoporosis, a brittle bone disease. Recently, researchers have found that vitamin D may help reduce the risk of other diseases. The July issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource reports some new findings and guidelines on how much vitamin D is enough. [News Source]