Article: Vitamin D deficiency in the southern United States.

Article: Vitamin D deficiency--the once and present epidemic.(Editorials)
American Family Physician;  January 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ......outlined in Lyman's (1) review of vitamin D deficiency among hospitalized patients...manifestations of hypocalcemia until vitamin D deficiency is quite severe, adults who...Physicians often do not consider vitamin D deficiency as a cause of hypocalcemia...

Article: Vitamin D deficiency in Australia and New Zealand: what are the dietary options?(VIEWPOINT)(nutritional aspect of fortified food)
Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among children, adults...nutrition education, vitamin D deficiency. INTRODUCTION Vitamin D deficiency emerged during the...twentieth century, the vitamin D deficiency disease rickets was...

Article: Vitamin D deficiency in exclusively breast-fed infants
Indian Journal of Medical Research;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......increase, the incidence of vitamin D deficiency rickets is also expected to...Risk factors for developing vitamin D deficiency and rickets include low maternal...with hypocalcaemia due to vitamin D deficiency and most of them with seizures...

Article: Sunshine Vitamin d-eemed essential for pregnant women - Cases of vitamin D deficiency and Rickets are on the rise -.
M2 Presswire;  December 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ......pregnant women - Cases of vitamin D deficiency and Rickets are on the rise...than ever are presenting with vitamin D deficiency which can cause seizures and rickets. Whilst vitamin D deficiency is common among the white...

Article: Vitamin [B.sub.12] deficiency: issues in nursing care.(Clinical Practice)
MedSurg Nursing;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......bone marrow. Persistent deficiency of the vitamin may lead to serious, even...systems. The assumption that vitamin [B.sub.12] deficiency will result in anemia is...involving homocysteine. A deficiency in vitamin levels is associated with...

Article: The Physiology and Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency/In reply
Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......complications associated with vitamin D deficiency, understanding changing demands...seem to be poor predictors of vitamin D deficiency. Thus, physicians should be alert for vitamin D deficiency in patients of all ages. Manmeet...

Article: Vitamin D-deficiency crisis looms, researcher warns
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  March 2, 2009 ;     692 words ......a health crisis caused by vitamin D deficiency. That message was delivered...likely that chronic nutritional vitamin D deficiency puts all of us at risk for...deficient as well," Wagner said. Deficiency in vitamin D can lead to serious problems...

Article: Teens' vitamin D deficiency brings worry.
Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week;  September 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Those habits contributed to a vitamin D deficiency that has helped weaken the...undetected and untreated, vitamin D deficiency puts them at risk for stunted...sunlight are especially prone to vitamin D deficiency, as are blacks and other dark-skinn...

Article: Study finds vitamin D deficiency common among older Americans
AP Online;  March 18, 1998 ;     634 words ......Online 03-18-1998 BOSTON (AP) _ Vitamin D deficiency is surprisingly common among...vitamin D in their bodies. ``Vitamin D deficiency is much more common that most...be routinely screened for vitamin D deficiency, and vitamin D supplements...

Article: Vitamin D deficiency on the rise.(Vitamins/Nutrition)
Chain Drug Review;  October 24, 2005 ;     530 words ......equatorial regions, people had no deficiency in vitamin D, but as people moved to...However, the study showed vitamin D deficiency had reached near-epidemic...obese is a risk factor for vitamin D deficiency, says Bruce Hollis, leader...

Article: Vitamin A deficiency exacerbates methotrexate-induced jejunal injury in rats
The Journal of Nutrition;  May 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......methotrexate (MTX), since vitamin A deficiency alone causes only mild changes...5 Hg/d. The interaction of vitamin A deficiency and small intestinal injury...770-776, 1997. KEY WORDS: vitamin A deficiency * diarrhea * rats * jejunal...

Article: Severe vitamin D deficiency presenting as hypocalcaemic seizures in a black infant at 45.5 degrees south: a case report.(Case Report)(Case study)
Cases Journal;  May 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......corresponding author) [1] Background Vitamin D deficiency and rickets used to be commonplace...eradicated. Unfortunately, however, vitamin D deficiency and rickets are again becoming...global health issue [1]. While vitamin D deficiency in children usually presents...

Article: Women in Kashmir suffer from Vitamin D deficiency: Study.(Clinical report)
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  October 21, 2007 ;     397 words ...Women in Kashmir suffer from Vitamin D deficiency: Study A M Sofi Srinagar...been found suffering from Vitamin 'D' deficiency, according to a study. The...in the state suffer from deficiency of Vitamin D which results in poor bone...

Article: Teens' Vitamin D Deficiency Brings Worry
AP Online;  August 31, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Those habits contributed to a vitamin D deficiency that has helped weaken the...undetected and untreated, vitamin D deficiency puts them at risk for stunted...sunlight are especially prone to vitamin D deficiency, as are blacks and other dark-skinn...