Vitamin C supplements cut effectiveness of cancer drugs, say scientists (Daily Mail) Vitamin C supplements could cut the effectiveness of cancer drugs, researchers warn. U.S. scientists found that cancer cells treated with vitamin C in the laboratory resisted drug treatment by up to 70 per cent. [News Source]

Vertellus Specialties to expand vitamin B3 production capacity in China (Pharmaceutical Business Review) Vertellus Specialties, a developer and manufacturer of specialty chemicals, has announced plans to expand its vitamin B3 manufacturing capacity in Nantong, Jiangsu, China. [News Source]

Vitamin ‘may blunt cancer drugs’ (BBC News) Vitamin C supplements may reduce benefit from wide range of anti-cancer drugs, research suggests. [News Source]

Vitamin ‘may blunt cancer drugs’ (BBC News) Vitamin C supplements may reduce benefit from wide range of anti-cancer drugs, research suggests. [News Source]

Ministry to tighten rice distribution rules. The farm ministry plans to revise the food law to tighten control on rice distributors in the wake of the scandal over sales of imported tainted rice by Mikasa Foods, officials said. [News Source]

Return to breastfeeding urged amid China scandal. China's contaminated milk products scandal, which have landed thousands of children in hospital in China this month with kidney illnesses, has reignited calls from medical experts for a return to breastfeeding. [News Source]

Big babies ‘risk breast cancer.’ Baby girls who are of larger than average length and weight at birth grow up being at increased risk of breast cancer, analysis suggests. [News Source]

Meat must be rationed to four portions a week, says report on climate change. People will have to be rationed to four modest portions of meat and one litre of milk a week if the world is to avoid run-away climate change, a major new report warns. [News Source]

Vitamin Shoppe wants your change (The Nashua Telegraph) NASHUA - The Vitamin Shoppe in Nashua is asking everyone to donate their spare change in October to help save the life of a child. ... [News Source]

Vertellus Specialties expanding in China (The Indianapolis Star) INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis-based Vertellus Specialties says it plans to expand its vitamin B3 manufacturing capacity in Nantong, China. The Chinese expansion, to start next year, will supply a rising need for vitamins for humans and livestock in China and other Asian markets. Last year the company completed a $10 million expansion to its Westside plant. (Star report) [News Source]

The You Docs: The best defense against cancer, diabetes, other diseases- vitamin D (The Idaho Statesman) You drink fortified milk. You walk outside for 30 minutes a day. And you take a multivitamin. So you've got vitamin D covered, right? [News Source]

Vitamin C might lower hypertension, study finds (The News-Press) Vitamin C may help lower high blood pressure by calming an overactive central nervous system, new Italian research suggests. [News Source]