THEY are often thought to be consigned to the history books – but experts have warned a whole host of Victorian diseases are making a comeback. Declining vaccination rates, ...

But the childhood disease of rickets is on the rise again, nutritionists have warned. They say it is because a generation of inactive children are not getting enough sunlight and not consuming ...

June 3, 2024 — Healthy adults under the age of 75 are unlikely to benefit from taking more than the daily intake of vitamin D recommended by the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) and do not require ...

The major therapeutic uses of vitamin D include treatment of nutritional or metabolic rickets; osteomalacia, particularly in the setting of chronic renal failure; hypoparathyroidism; and osteoporosis.

Eating Disorder Facts and Statistics: What You Need to Know Eating disorders treatment takes a team approach to ensure you get the medical care, nutritional counseling, and behavioral therapy that ...

Vitamins B, C and D, for instance, were all discovered as a result of research on diseases (beriberi, scurvy and rickets, respectively) that plagued various groups of people from the 1700s through ...

Saint Louis University's School of Medicine has a long tradition of excellence in medical school, graduate medical education and graduate education. Established in 1836, the school has the distinction ...

Dementia treatment is more than just medication. It can include lifestyle changes, multimodal therapy, and environmental management, as well. Your dementia treatment plan will depend on underlying ...

A whole host of diseases that were rife in the Victorian era are spreading, with malnutrition, a fall in MMR vaccination ...

2, 2024 — Researchers have found a potential new way to improve the treatment of multiple sclerosis ... 31, 2024 — Rickets ran rife in children following the Industrial Revolution, but ...

Beyond Cancer: Confronting the Challenges of Survivorship In this series, experts from Duke Cancer Institute discuss how the integration of cancer treatment and primary care is improving patient ...

There is no cure for autism—and, in fact, a "cure" isn't the goal of treatment. Autism is a type of neurodivergence, a way of being that differs from what society considers normal. It is characterized ...