How much vitamin D do I need? Ways to top up your daily intake during winter
Children from the age of one and adults need 10 micrograms (mcg) of vitamin D a day, according to the NHS. Babies up to the ...
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How much vitamin D do I need? How to top up over winter
The NHS warns: "A lack of vitamin D can lead to bone deformities such as rickets in children, and bone pain caused by a condition called osteomalacia in adults." Children from the age of one and ...
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New treatments for rare bone diseases: hypophosphatemic rickets/osteomalacia
This article will revise the novel treatment of two conditions that lead to hypophosphatemia with high FGF-23 levels: tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) and X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH). The ...
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Our Bodies Need Vitamin D—Here's What Happens When We Don't Get Enough
Though it’s rare, a severe vitamin D deficiency can lead to a disease called rickets, also known as osteomalacia. Typically, ...
87 conditions at risk from DWP overhaul and reforms for PIP
DWP PIP is designed to assist individuals with daily living and mobility needs, and supports a wide range of musculoskeletal ...
Daily Mail5d
The return of rickets
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 ...
Medscape3d
Hypophosphatemia: An Evidence-Based Approach to its Clinical Consequences and Management
Nat Clin Pract Nephrol. 2006;2(3):136-148. Hypophosphatemia associated with primary hyperparathyroidism is usually of moderate severity; increased urinary phosphate excretion is balanced by ...
BBC5d
Which vital nutrient are nearly a third of us not getting enough of?
29 percent of adults have low levels of vitamin D between January and March every year and are consequently risking deficiency, according to the National Diet and Nutrition Survey. For 11–18 ...