Mackie: Preparing vegetables for maximum vitamin content (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans) Summer is the time of year when many vegetables are reaching maturity and are at their peak of freshness or approaching that stage. [News Source]

Cartoon-Shaped Drugs Hit KC Streets (KMBC-TV Kansas City) Drugs shaped like popular cartoon characters, including Snoopy and Transformers, are showing up in Kansas City, and local officials are worried that children could mistake the dangerous tablets for vitamins or candy. [News Source]

Cartoon-shaped drugs hit streets (The Daily Jeffersonian) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Drugs shaped like popular cartoon characters including Snoopy and Transformers are showing up in Kansas City, and local officials are worried that children could mistake the dangerous tablets for vitamins or candy.Drug dealers are... [News Source]

Cartoon-shape Drugs Hit Streets (WCPO Cincinnati) Drugs shaped like popular cartoon characters including Snoopy and Transformers are showing up in Kansas City, and local officials are worried that children could mistake the dangerous tablets for vitamins... [News Source]

Vitamin A Supplements Can Reduce Malaria Cases In Children By One-Third, Study Finds (Medical News Today) In malaria-endemic areas, vitamin A supplements - which cost about 2 U.S. cents each - can help reduce infections in children by one-third, according to a study published in the Malaria Journal, IRIN reports. The study analyzed results from previous studies conducted in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Papua New Guinea since 1995. [News Source]

Cartoon-themed drugs surfacing (The Springfield News-Leader) Kansas City -- Drugs shaped like popular cartoon characters including Snoopy and Transformers are showing up in Kansas City, and local officials are worried that children could mistake the dangerous tablets for vitamins or candy. [News Source]

LADY GaGa lived up to her name (Daily Mirror) Lady GaGa lived up to her name with a series of bizarre backstage demands. The singer's 25-page rider included "non smelly, non sweaty" cheese, six kinds of vitamin water, a whole hot chicken, five sofas and a load of mirrors. [News Source]

Vitamin A supplements can reduce malaria cases in children by one-third, study finds (News-Medical-Net) In malaria-endemic areas, vitamin A supplements - which cost about 2 U.S. cents each - can help reduce infections in children by one-third, according to a study published in the Malaria Journal, IRIN reports. [News Source]

Growing list of ’superfruits’ pack a nutritional wallop (Lexington Clipper-Herald) (ARA) - Powering up your diet with superfruit-rich dishes can be easier than you think. The superfruit title is no longer reserved for berries -- nutritionists now include other antioxidant- and vitamin-rich juicy gems on the superfruit list, such as peaches, mangos and oranges. [News Source]

AMA meeting: Vitamin D checks urged (American Medical Association) Studies associate low levels with increased risk of disease, but more extensive research is needed before testing and supplementation become routine. [News Source]

Cartoon-Shape Drugs Hit KC Streets (KCTV 5 Kansas City) Drugs shaped like popular cartoon characters including Snoopy and Transformers are showing up in Kansas City, and local officials are worried that children could mistake the dangerous tablets for vitamins or candy. [News Source]

Cartoon-shaped drugs hit Kansas City streets (Columbia Missourian) KANSAS CITY — Drugs shaped like popular cartoon characters including Snoopy and Transformers are showing up in Kansas City, and local officials are worried that children could mistake the dangerous tablets for vitamins or candy. Drug dealers are marketing the pills as Ecstasy, but law enforcement officials said the tablets often don't contain any Ecstasy but rather a combination of other drugs. ... [News Source]