People obtain vitamin D mostly through exposure to sunlight. You can also acquire this fat-soluble vitamin by consuming foods containing vitamin D or taking dietary supplements. Vitamin D is essential for healthy and strong bones, healthy immune system and functioning of your brain, muscles, heart and lungs. A deficiency of vitamin D in women can affect their health and well-being.
Anthracimycin: New Antibiotic Kills Anthrax, MRSA. Scientists have discovered a marine microbe-derived antibiotic that has the ability to kill the deadly Anthrax bacterium Bacillus anthracis and other pathogens such as the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 1  Bacillus anthracis spores as viewed in scanning electron microscopy (Â© National Academy of Engineering)
MRSA is a type of staphylococcal bacteria that has developed resistance to a number of widely used antibiotics. Staphylococcal (staph) bacteria are relatively common. About 1 in 3 people carry staph bacteria harmlessly on their skin, usually inside their nose and on the surface of their armpits, groin and buttocks.