Dr. Hugh R. Butt, 98; explored clotting and anti-clotting techniques at Mayo Clinic (Los Angeles Times) Dr. Hugh R. Butt, the Mayo Clinic physician who discovered the role of vitamin K in clotting and developed anti-clotting techniques that paved the way for open-heart surgery and transplants, died Aug. 16 in Rochester, Minn. [News Source]

What’s all this racket about age in tennis? (Welland Tribune) BY JOHN VESSOYAN Tribune Staff WELLAND Joyce Cutts isn’t on any medication, just vitamins and adrenaline. At age 76, Cutts plays tennis, golf and work outs at the YMCA. She’s fit and having fun. And she’s making some noise on the senior [...] [News Source]

Dr. Hugh R. Butt, 98; explored clotting and anti-clotting techniques at Mayo Clinic (Los Angeles Times) Dr. Hugh R. Butt, the Mayo Clinic physician who discovered the role of vitamin K in clotting and developed anti-clotting techniques that paved the way for open-heart surgery and transplants, died Aug. 16 in Rochester, Minn. [News Source]

Hoosiers losers with huge hog farms. Earlier this summer I was painfully surprised to learn that a 4,000-head hog farm was being proposed a mile from my IN home. How could such an environmental tragedy take place? [News Source]

Are Malthus’s predicted 1798 food shortages coming true? In 1798 Thomas Robert Malthus famously predicted that short-term gains in living standards would inevitably be undermined as human population growth outstripped food production. It remains to be seen whether his famously gloomy prediction is truly wrong or merely postponed. [News Source]

County cows chewing cud for cash. Thursday, Pineland Farms Natural Meats unveiled their new composting operation in Fort Fairfield, ME. [News Source]

Tories warn of obesity ‘excuses’. People should not be offered "excuses" for being overweight, shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has said. The Tories say people should take more responsibility for their lifestyles, exercise more and eat more healthily. [News Source]

Stevia is all-natural and calorie-free, but is it safe? The sweetener is banned from food products in the U.S. due to toxicity fears. But the findings of several recent studies suggest otherwise. [News Source]

Med Watch | NUI Kid Water (Miami Herald) Product: NUI Kid Water, $16.99 for a case of 12 10-ounce bottles, at Wild Oats and www.nuiwater.com. Key ingredients: maltodextrin (dietary fiber), calcium citrate, potassium hydroxide, citric acid, green tea and fruit extract (40 percent fruit juice), vitamins D, B and A, and calcium. [News Source]

Med Watch | NUI Kid Water (Miami Herald) Product: NUI Kid Water, $16.99 for a case of 12 10-ounce bottles, at Wild Oats and www.nuiwater.com. Key ingredients: maltodextrin (dietary fiber), calcium citrate, potassium hydroxide, citric acid, green tea and fruit extract (40 percent fruit juice), vitamins D, B and A, and calcium. [News Source]

Vitamin C Infusions Tested as Cancer Treatment (First Coast News) NBCNC -- New research from the National Institutes of Health has found that vitamin C may help to reduce the growth of cancerous tumors. [News Source]

Vitamin C May Help Reduce Cancerous Tumors (WITN 7 North Carolina) A new study finds high dose injections of Vitamin C can reduce cancerous tumors by half. [News Source]