Revealed: How fizzy vitamin supplements can wreck your teeth (Daily Mail) A study at the University of Helsinki on eight types of effervescent vitamins found they could all have corrosive effects on teeth. [News Source]

Almond pollination in California: Vitamin bee. Since 2006, bees have been suffering from 'colony collapse disorder.' The causes for the decline have been attributed to viruses, fungi, pesticides - and even mobile-telephony radiation. But one scientist is focusing on a different cause: nutrition. [News Source]

Genetics in the gut: Intestinal microbes could drive obesity and other health issues. The diversity of germs in the human gut suggests microbiota play a greater role in health than previously thought, even driving obesity and other metabolic conditions. [News Source]

Fowl surprise! Methylmercury improves hatching rate. A pinch of methylmercury is just ducky for mallard reproduction, according to a new federal study. The findings are counterintuitive, since methylmercury is ordinarily a potent neurotoxic pollutant. [News Source]

Shanghai cancer rate is nation’s highest: 350 per 100,000 people. Shanghai's incidence of cancer is the highest in the nation, due to its large number of elderly and the persistence of unhealthy habits like smoking, Shanghai health officials said yesterday. [News Source]

Almond pollination in California: Vitamin bee. Since 2006, bees have been suffering from 'colony collapse disorder.' The causes for the decline have been attributed to viruses, fungi, pesticides - and even mobile-telephony radiation. But one scientist is focusing on a different cause: nutrition. [News Source]

Shanghai cancer rate is nation’s highest: 350 per 100,000 people. Shanghai's incidence of cancer is the highest in the nation, due to its large number of elderly and the persistence of unhealthy habits like smoking, Shanghai health officials said yesterday. [News Source]

Link Between Vitamin D And Skin Cancer (Medical News Today) A Henry Ford Hospital study has shown a link between Vitamin D levels and basal cell carcinoma, a finding that could lead researchers to better understand the development of the most common form of skin cancer. In a small study, researchers at Henry Ford and Wayne State University found elevated levels of Vitamin D enzymes and proteins in cancerous tissue taken from 10 patients compared to ... [News Source]

Low vitamin D levels linked to muscle fat, reduced strength (New Kerala) Washington, March 6 : Researchers have pointed out serious health issues after finding 'epidemic' Vitamin D insufficiency that has been linked to increased body fat, decreased muscle strength and a range of disorders. [News Source]

Study shows clear link between Vitamin D levels and accumulation of fat in muscle tissue (News-Medical-Net) There's an epidemic in progress, and it has nothing to do with the flu. A ground-breaking study published in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found an astonishing 59 per cent of study subjects had too little Vitamin D in their blood. Nearly a quarter of the group had serious deficiencies (less than 20 ng/ml) of this important vitamin. [News Source]