Midlothian Laboratories donates more than $3M worth of vitamins, nutritional supplements to AmeriCares (News-Medical-Net) Midlothian Laboratories, a division of Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc., as part of its continuing humanitarian relief efforts, recently donated more than $3 million worth of essential vitamins and nutritional supplements to AmeriCares for people in the developing world living in extreme poverty and suffering from chronic malnutrition. [News Source]

Non-Toxic Vitamin C Inhibits Formation of New Blood Vessel Growth to Tumors (redOrbit) WICHITA, Kan., Feb. [News Source]

Vitamin B3 May Help Repair Brain After a Stroke (MedicineNet.com) Title: Vitamin B3 May Help Repair Brain After a Stroke Category: Health News Created: 2/25/2010 10:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/26/2010 [News Source]

Non-Toxic Vitamin C Inhibits Formation of New Blood Vessel Growth to Tumors (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Bio-Communications Research Institute's recent research study has found that high levels of vitamin C inhibit the formation of new blood vessel growth to tumors. [News Source]

Falling for vitamin D (Canada.com) Vitamin consumption has become a preoccupation, if not an obsession, for millions. Unfortunately, when subjected to rigorous scrutiny, most vitamins, when provided as supplements, are a disappointment. [News Source]

Vitamin D Deficiency Likely Among Some Kidney Disease Patients Starting Dialysis (redOrbit) Study provides some potential explanationsVitamin D deficiency is almost universal among kidney disease patients who have low blood protein levels and who start dialysis during the winter, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). [News Source]

Vitamin D Deficiency Likely Among Some Kidney Disease Patients Starting Dialysis (Medical News Today) Vitamin D deficiency is almost universal among kidney disease patients who have low blood protein levels and who start dialysis during the winter, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The research identifies a group of patients who are at extremely high risk of being deficient in vitamin D and provides some clues ... [News Source]

A chemical that shouldn’t be in breast milk. Finding PBDEs in breast milk means that breast-fed infants will receive a dose of this brain toxin. Babies and children are at greater risk from chemicals that affect their developing bodies than are adults, making this all the more alarming. [News Source]

Murzin wants time out in water fight with EPA. With federal officials holding another round of public hearings in Florida on proposed water quality standards for phosphorous and nitrogen, a Panhandle Republican who is opposed to the stricter regulations is gearing up for a water fight. [News Source]

Fear of aliens a force for good in fight for water. The dragonflies are back. Once on the brink of extinction, the Cape Bluets have returned to streams in the Western Cape that have been rejuvenated under the Working for Water programme, a government initiative to remove invasive alien plants and restore ecosystems. [News Source]

Greenpeace denounces UN support for GM crops in Mexico. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization is supporting the introduction of transgenic, or genetically modified, crops in Mexico and other developing nations, the Greenpeace chapter in that country denounced. [News Source]

U.S. examining possible effects of bisphenol A. The federal agency that investigates health risks is concerned that the chemical bisphenol A may harm people and is spending $20 million to study the substance, widely used in food containers, a U.S. official said on Thursday. [News Source]