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On Monday morning, ABC's Good Morning America ran a feature about vitamin D. The segment kicks off by highlighting "Five Ways Vitamin D Can Save Your Life" and goes on to itemize the most efficient ways one can go about ensuring that vitamin D levels are optimal...

Harvard researchers, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have determined that Omega-3 deficiency is responsible for 72,000 to 96,000 preventable deaths each year in the United States...

The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) has just updated their position regarding vitamin D as related to UV light. A few brief highlights here, and then check out the entire statement at the link below...

DSIB has a new radio public service announcement on the air that we'd like to share:

The story we'd like to draw your attention to with this post comes across a bit as mad science gone good -- Philadelphia researchers are altering E. coli in order to create vitamin A...

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Some news round-ups here, on two of the most buzzed about vitamins, folic acid and vitamin D. First up, folic acid...

According to an article in Tuesday's Canadian Medical Association Journal, our neighbors to the north may soon be reversing a policy which initially sounded like an entirely positive step: Back in 2005 Health Canada had proposed broadening the field of foods that might be fortified with nutrients...

The Food and Drug Administration has just released a pamphlet and info which we would like to direct everyone's attention to: FDA 101: Health Fraud Awareness. There is also a printer friendly pdf right here: FDA Health Fraud Pamphlet.

New research from Australia suggests that Kava may be a helpful way for people to naturally treat anxiety and nervous disorders. Kava (Piper methysticum) is a medicinal plant native to Pacific Ocean islands, and is a member of the pepper family...

While this is not exactly what we normally talk about on the blog, it is interesting, and it is vitamin-related: The news section of the Discovery Channel website has a cool story about lizards...

The new strain of influenza, H1N1, popularly dubbed swine flu, has dominated the news of late. By the third of May, backup antivirals will distributed to every state in the country, and guidelines and advice are popping up everywhere...

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We would like to share an item with everyone out there concerned about the ongoing Pistachio recalls. You can use or upload this widget from the official FDA page which lists...