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A consortium of nutrition experts has urged pregnant American women to increase their consumption of fish above US government levels recommended three years ago.In 2004 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advised that pregnant and nursing mothers, and young children, should limit their consumption of fish low in mercury to 12 ounces (approximately two portions) a week. [click link for full article]

A Leicester cancer research project, which receives funding from Hope Against Cancer (formerly The Hope Foundation,) is investigating whether an extract from bilberries can prevent or delay the onset of certain cancers. [click link for full article]

American children are drinking too little milk and what they are consuming is too high in fat, according to a Penn State study.”There is a strong correlation between dairy consumption and calcium,” says Sibylle Kranz, assistant professor of nutritional sciences. “While there is calcium in fortified orange juice, for example, it is not as bioavailable as that found in milk.” She notes that people need to take calcium with vitamin D and some protein for optimal use in the body. [click link for full article]

New prostate cancer research findings to be presented at Prostate Cancer Foundation Scientific RetreatWHAT: The 2007 Prostate Cancer Foundation Scientific Retreat will feature new studies by the world’s leading researchers in prostate cancer. Presentations include discoveries expected to lead to new diagnostics and treatments, and the potential to help men avoid developing prostate cancer. [click link for full article]

A new American Heart Association survey (1) shows consumer awareness of the “bad” fats trans fat and saturated fat is at an all time high. But consumers still need some key information to improve how they eat. [click link for full article]

Giving children in Nepal who are zinc-deficient zinc supplementation makes to significant difference to their overall mortality. Toddlers aged 12-35 months receive a very slight, non-statistically significant benefit, according to an article in The Lancet, this week’s issue. Malnutrition, including micronutrient deficiency, is the largest risk factor for child mortality in poor and middle income nations, according to the WHO Global Burden of disease project. [click link for full article]

Population Services International public service advertisement encourages people to have sex rather than to use condoms.

Nicaragua’s abortion ban is endangering women’s lives because it has failed to ensure medical care is offered to women, including those with obstetric emergencies.

President Bush’s decision effectively denies healthcare for the ten million children eligible for coverage through a bipartisan, bicameral agreement to reauthorize the SCHIP.

March of Dimes created NICU Family Support program provides information and comfort to families of premature babies and other critically ill newborns cared for in NICUs.