Vitamin E Improves NASH (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 247 patients who had NASH but not diabetes, pioglitazone improved key histological features and liver enzymes; however, vitamin E was more successful for the treatment of NASH in these patients. [News Source]

The carnivore’s dilemma. Singling out meat-eating as harmful to the environment is overly simplistic. Encouraging judicious choices for all types of food is a better approach. [News Source]

New TV rules in the Golden State. Flat screen televisions are some of the most energy thirsty appliances in your home. Now, the California Energy Commission is about to set new mandatory energy standards for TVs. [News Source]

Toronto Conference Targets the Vitamin D Deficiency Crisis (PRWeb) Ontario health care professionals will hear firsthand from some of the world's leading vitamin D experts about the current vitamin D deficiency crisis in North America at an international conference on the diagnosis and treatment of vitamin D deficiency in Toronto November 3. The physicians and researchers in the vitamin D field are presenting information that looks at the current research and ... [News Source]

Procter & Gamble’s Vicks products containing vitamin C being marketed unlawfully, FDA warns (News-Medical-Net) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today sent a warning letter to Procter & Gamble notifying the company that its Vicks DayQuil Plus Vitamin C and Vicks Nyquil Plus Vitamin C are illegally marketed combinations of drug ingredients and a dietary ingredient. [News Source]

Low Vitamin D Levels Explains Most ESRD Risk In African-Americans (redOrbit) Future studies will tell whether raising vitamin D Levels can slow kidney diseaseLow levels of vitamin D may account for nearly 60 percent of the elevated risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in African Americans, according to a report in the December Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). [News Source]

FDA warns P&G over Vicks products with vitamin C (San Francisco Chronicle) (10-30) 14:44 PDT Silver Spring, Md. (AP) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter Friday to Procter & Gamble Co. saying the company was illegally marketing two Vicks cold and flu medicines containing vitamin C. The FDA... Sponsored Topics: Food and Drug Administration - Health - Procter & Gamble - Vitamin C - Associated Press [News Source]

FDA warns P&G over Vicks products with vitamin C (AP via Yahoo! News) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter Friday to Procter & Gamble Co. saying the company was illegally marketing two Vicks cold and flu medicines containing vitamin C. [News Source]

Vitamin D supplements show anti-diabetes potential (Nutraingredients.com) This is not the first time that vitamin D has been linked to diabetes. A recent meta-analysis of data from observational studies and clinical trials in adults showed a "relatively consistent association" between low intakes of calcium, vitamin D, or dairy intake and type-2 diabetes ( Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism , Vol. 92, pp. 2017-2029). [News Source]

FDA: Procter & Gamble Unlawfully Marketing Two Vicks Cold and Flu Medicines Containing Vitamin C (U. S. Food and Drug Administration) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today sent a warning letter to Procter & Gamble notifying the company that its Vicks DayQuil Plus Vitamin C and Vicks Nyquil Plus Vitamin C are illegally marketed combinations of drug ingredients and a dietary ingredient. [News Source]

Why the Vitamin Business Thrived in Recession (Newsweek) The vitamin business thrived through the recession. Why? [News Source]

Don’t let this killer steal life of a loved one. Knowing the word radon and that it is a gas does not constitute knowledge of the element and its danger. We must replace our limited knowledge with a full base of all the facts on radon. [News Source]