Of those, 171 were treated for scurvy, while 482 people were treated for rickets (caused by a vitamin D deficiency), the majority of them children. These conditions disproportionately affect ...

The study revealed that the child had suffered from rickets and scurvy and was likely treated using mercury before his death at only 3–4 years old. Mercury is a highly toxic metal that has been ...

“Individual SP5 died at the estimated age of 3-4 years old and displayed multiple signs of deficiencies, probably linked to rickets and scurvy,” researchers said. Rickets is a disease seen in ...

Another class of drugs that has been linked with the group of Victorian diseases - including scurvy, shingles and even rickets - are sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2 inhibitors ...

A pharmacist has issued a stark warning that everyday medications could be fuelling a resurgence in diseases reminiscent of the Victorian era, such as scurvy, shingles and rickets. Millions of ...

A pharmacist has issued a warning that common medications could be contributing to a resurgence in Victorian diseases such as scurvy, shingles and rickets. Millions of Britons take prescription ...

More than 100 years ago, people who suffered from debilitating diseases such as scurvy and rickets were miraculously cured by adding a key nutrient to their diet. It wasn’t enough to have adequate ...

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 ...

The men suffered from all types of vitamin and mineral deficiencies which caused a host of debilitating diseases including beri-beri, pellagra, rickets, and scurvy; and, which caused a ghastly ...