At a Glance: What You Need to Know About Vitamin D (The Philadelphia Inquirer) A Vitamin D primer: [News Source]

Leave calorie counts off the menu. The food cops have arrogantly decided that they know what's best for you -- what's best for all of us. [News Source]

PCBs in Stillwater water has river towns on alert. With the detection of PCBs in the village's water supply, New York community officials are more adamant than ever to convince the EPA to allot funding for an alternative drinking source during the upcoming dredging project. [News Source]

Silent spring. Twenty-two years ago, on 26 April 1986, reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, blew apart, spewing radioactive dust and debris far and wide. It is easy to conjure the apocalyptic vision of a deserted wasteland, but actually the opposite is true. [News Source]

Cancer on the rise. Reports of a rising incidence of cancer now worry many families across Lebanon. [News Source]

A locally grown diet with fuss but no muss. A new business serves those who want to eat food grown close to home but do not want to get their hands dirty. [News Source]

Are you vitamin D-ficient? (Miami Herald) Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue Lt. Jim McCrady spends 10-hour days patrolling the beach. Most people would worry that's too much sun. But to some, McCrady, 41, is soaking up critical ultra-violet rays. McCrady may be slightly pink at the end of his four-day work week, but there's one thing he's not suffering from: lack of vitamin D. [News Source]

Important vitamin D does the body good (Daily Herald) It's being hailed as a protection against a plethora of cancers, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes and even chronic back pain. [News Source]

Are you vitamin D-ficient? (Miami Herald) Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue Lt. Jim McCrady spends 10-hour days patrolling the beach. Most people would worry that's too much sun. But to some, McCrady, 41, is soaking up critical ultra-violet rays. McCrady may be slightly pink at the end of his four-day work week, but there's one thing he's not suffering from: lack of vitamin D. [News Source]

Boost your vitamin D (Arizona Daily Star) Sunlight, as a source of vitamin D, is free and abundant, at least in most of the world. Supplements are almost as cheap. Yet a growing number of experts think that many people aren't getting enough vitamin D — particularly those who work and play indoors and slather on sunscreen. And the more experts learn about what D does, the more worrisome a deficiency seems. [News Source]

Put these 8 healthful foods on your table (Everett Herald) Loads of evidence indicates that eating whole foods can stave off illness and slow down aging. The health protection comes from nutrients in food that you absorb such as vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytoestrogens, fiber, essential fats and protein, and complex carbohydrates. [News Source]

Vitamin D: The new superstar? (The Wichita Eagle) If you keep up with health headlines, you know vitamin D is a bit of a celebrity lately: •  Low vitamin D levels are common in otherwise healthy children, putting them at risk of rickets, or soft bones. •  High vitamin D levels seem to reduce the risk of breast cancer. •  Low vitamin D levels are associated with high death rates from breast and colon cancer and kidney disease. •  Low ... [News Source]