Rickets softens the bones and can cause deformities such as bow legs or chest and pelvis abnormalities, which may require corrective surgery. The condition was widespread in Victorian times when ...

On the T-score scale, 0 represents normal, healthy bone density of a 30-year-old person (the age of peak bone density). T-scores above 0 and slightly below 0 are within the normal range. Your score ...

The painful bone disorder rickets appears to be making a resurgence among infants and children in New Zealand, and there are worries cases are going unreported. Professor Ben Wheeler says rickets ...

Rickets, a disease often thought of as being a thing of the past, has seen an alarming resurgence across the country. The condition causes deformed bone growth and in the worst cases, seizures ...