Tannins In Tea Can Interfere With Absorption Of Iron (Hartford Courant) Q. Does drinking tea limit iron absorption? I usually have black decaffeinated tea in the morning after taking my vitamins (and Slow Fe, an iron pill). I drink several glasses of iced tea daily and wonder if that also might have an impact. I am anemic and cannot donate blood because my iron levels are too low. [News Source]

Understanding risk. The incessant dire warnings- pesticides used in agriculture and even plasticizers in rubber duckies - might make the world seem full of hazards, but many of these alarms are completely bogus or represent negligible risks. [News Source]

Doc helps launch Kaiser farmers markets. Back-to-back baby deliveries and patient visits crowd his days, but every Friday, Dr. Preston Maring has a standing appointment in the hospital parking lot — at the bustling farmers market he helped to launch. [News Source]

‘Hypermilers’ coast to save gas. When Maurice del Prado of Dublin drives north on Interstate 680 and reaches the truck scales in Sunol, he puts his car in neutral and coasts almost all the way into Pleasanton. Is he crazy? Yes, about saving gas. [News Source]

Link between crop failure and climate change often missed. Climate change has a profound effect on food security in Africa, as increasing temperatures and shifting rain patterns reduce access to food across the continent. [News Source]

Rise in breast cancer among Native women may be leveling. A mysterious 30-year-long increase in breast cancer rates among Alaska Native women may finally be leveling off -- after tripling between 1969 and 1998. [News Source]

Americans must diet to save their economy. Want to save the US economy? Go on a diet. That's the message ecologists are trying to get across. They say the apparently looming energy crisis could be averted if US residents cut their calorie intake. [News Source]

Schiff Nutrition Unveils Move Free(R) Advanced Triple Strength Plus MSM & Vitamin D (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Schiff® Nutrition International, one of the most trusted and respected brands in the nutritional supplement industry for more than 70 years, announced the launch of Move Free® Advanced Triple Strength plus MSM & Vitamin D as the newest addition to the Move Free® Advanced joint health line. [News Source]

Study: Seniors low in vitamin D (Rocky Mountain News) Many of Colorado's seniors aren't getting enough vitamin D, a nutritional gem that can prevent osteoporosis and may also guard against cancer, strokes, heart attacks and multiple sclerosis, a new study shows. [News Source]

PWB releases new beverages (Prince George Citizen Online) Pacific Western Brewing Company released a new drink Wednesday that is aimed more at kids than beer drinkers. NatureLand Products Ltd., a division of PWB, officially introduced Pureian, a vitamin-enriched certified organic sparkling beverage that fits in with health-conscious diets, including the new guidelines for food and drink accepted in B.C. schools as of Sept. 2008, said Dave Jones, ... [News Source]