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)
Most S. aureus infections can be treated with commonly used antibiotics. However, MRSA infections are resistant to an antibiotic called meticillin and also to many other types of antibiotics. Resistance means that the germs (bacteria) are not killed by the antibiotic. MRSA has become much more common since the 1980s.