Increasing vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy can drastically reduce the risk of an infant developing rickets, a childhood condition marked by weakened, softened bones. Results of a recent ...

UK vitamin D supplementation policy needs to change to protect the health and lives of babies, pregnant women and dark skinned individuals, say University of Birmingham researchers as they today ...

UK vitamin D supplementation policy needs to change to protect the health and lives of babies, pregnant women and dark skinned individuals, say researchers. UK vitamin D supplementation policy needs ...

In research conducted in 1909, autopsy uncovered proof of rickets in 96% of deceased infants aged 18 months or younger. 1 In the 1920s, cod-liver oil and sunlight were found to be effective in the ...

An issue with breastfeeding is that when the mother is deficient in vitamin D, her milk has limited transfer of vitamin D and its metabolites. Consequently, unless her infant receives ultraviolet ...

Rickets, a bone disorder that is not common in the United States today, is getting some attention among the medical professionals in the region. The discussion about rickets has come up at recent ...

On Friday during the daily COVID-19 updates by the Ministry of Health, Dr. Mercy Mwangangi, the Health Cabinet Assistant Secretary (CAS) announced that among the 11 lives lost to COVID -19 was a child ...

Recommendations for giving supplemental Vitamin D to various sub-groups of breast-fed (BF) infants remain unclear. In a study of mostly fair-skinned BF infants adequate serum 25-OH-Vit.D was reported ...