So babies are getting a double whammy -- not enough vitamin D from sun-shunning Mom's low stores before birth and then a poor source of vitamin D in breast milk. Add to this that babies usually are ...

Genu varum (bowlegs) is a classic presentation of children with rickets. With fortified formula being shunned in favor of breastfeeding, rickets is making a comeback. Supplementation is the surest ...

It is generally agreed that a number of types of nutritional deficiencies, including vitamin D-deficient rickets, can cause a temporary state of immune deficiency. As a result, children with rickets ...

Recent research and updated guidelines highlight that vitamin D can be taken at any time of day, but absorption improves with fatty meals. While some studies suggest nighttime doses may impact ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Giving infants vitamin D in the first year of life held no major advantage in preventing allergies, although there were trends in that direction, the large VITALITY trial showed. Among ...

Rickets is one of those diseases that seem incredibly old-fashioned. It’s difficult to comprehend, now, how widespread this bone ailment once was: In some cities less than a century ago, 90% of ...

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 ...