Gonzalez hits walkoff homer, completes cycle for Rockies win There are countless cold remedies. From Echinacea to vitamin C to Herbs. But when it comes to baseball, not much works better than the Cubs. [News Source]

The sunshine vitamin More than a handful of health experts believe there is a way to reduce the nations health care costs by 25 to 30 percent by helping to prevent and treat many of the sicknesses that trouble humanity including cancer, obesity, asthma, sore backs and joints, psoriasis, osteoporosis, diabetes, mental illness and even that most pesky of ailments -- the common cold. [News Source]

RAW POWER Those who eat raw meals often refer to it as "living food", since everything over 43C is considered cooked, a process which "kills" many of the vitamins and minerals. [News Source]

Black teens may not have enough vitamin D AUGUSTA, Ga., July 31 (UPI) -- Black teens deficient in vitamin D, who took vitamin D supplements of 2,000 international units, had less central arterial stiffness, U.S. researchers found. Health - Nutrition - United States - Nutrients - Vitamins and Minerals [News Source]

Murre bird population increasing. Scientists are constantly looking for new ways to study climate change. Oregon State University has found a source close to home. It's a colony of birds growing in size in Newport. [News Source]

Climate change may mean the end for Ireland’s rarest fish. Ireland’s rarest fish is under threat from climate change, scientists are warning at a major conference in Belfast this week. The pollan, found in only five loughs in Ireland, could dwindle even further if our waterways heat up due to global warming. [News Source]

Black Teens May Need Higher Vitamin D Supplementation Title: Black Teens May Need Higher Vitamin D Supplementation Category: Health News Created: 7/29/2010 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/30/2010 [News Source]

At meeting with EPA chief, residents united in opposition to Pebble. One by one, representatives of a dozen Southwest Alaska communities stood to tell the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of the threat they feel the massive Pebble mine prospect would pose to their way of life. [News Source]

Calcium Supplements May Up Heart Attack Risk Calcium supplementation -- without giving vitamin D at the same time -- appears to increase the risk of myocardial infarction, a new review of past research has shown. Sipuleucel-T - Cancer - Cancer vaccine - Health - Conditions and Diseases [News Source]

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked To Arterial Stiffness In Black Teens Vitamin D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, in black teens according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Black teens taking vitamin D supplementation of 2,000 international units (IU) per day had a decrease in central arterial stiffness... [News Source]

Vitamin D deficiency ‘ups risk of heart disease, stroke in black teens’ Washington, July 30 : Vitamin D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, in black teens, a new study has found. [News Source]

Black Teens May Need Higher Vitamin D Supplementation THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Among black teens, vitamin D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness -- a risk factor for heart disease and stroke -- but adequate supplementation may resolve the problem, a new study has found. [News Source]