In a recent study, Associate Professor Makoto Ikeya (Department of Clinical Application) and his team of researchers ...

Lucy Stock from Gentle Dental Care explains how sunshine aids our skin’s absorption of vitamin D, which is crucial for tooth ...

In an unusual case, a 48-year-old woman from Chengdu in China suffered a bone fracture simply by turning over in her sleep, an injury doctors say is linked to years of excessive sun avoidance.

Aim: To define the demographics and clinical characteristics of cases presenting with nutritional rickets to paediatric centres in Sydney, Australia. Methods: Retrospective descriptive study of 126 ...

“If it was rickets or underlying bone dysplasia you would expect other bones to be abnormal,” Dr Cain said, but this was not apparent. The inquest continues and is due to run until March 27.

YouTuber Armaan Malik and Kritika Maliks 2-year-old son Zaid has been diagnosed with rickets — a bone disorder caused by vitamin D deficiency Read on to know more!

Rickets is a rare and painful bone-growth disease caused by a lack of calcium, phosphorous or vitamin D. A paediatrician tracking national rates says it appears to be making a resurgence among ...

The co-primary endpoints were the proportion of patients with mean serum phosphorus levels above the lower limit of normal (>0.81 mmol/L) at week 24 and changes in osteomalacia parameters at week 48, ...

A vitamin D level of 20 ng/mL or higher is considered sufficient for good bone health. However, a level below 20 ng/mL is considered insufficient, and below 12 ng/mL is considered deficient, which ...

Generally, under the age of 2 years, bowed legs are considered a normal process of the developing skeleton. The angle of the bow tends to peak around the age of 18 months, and then gradually resolve ...

Targeted drug burosumab helps transform the lives of adults with an inherited condition that leads to low levels of the mineral phosphate in the blood, which is essential for the normal formation of ...