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Causes Of Vitamin D Deficiency
Health Encyclopedia: Bowlegs
Bowlegs is a condition in which the knees remain wide apart when a person stands with the feet and ankles together.
Alternative Names
Genu varum
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Infants are born bowlegged because of their folded position in the uterus. The infant's bowed legs begin to straighten once the child starts to walk and the legs begin to bear weight (about 12 to 18 months old).
Normal appearance is usually attained by the time...
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Expert & Community Posts
IBD and Vitamin D!
By Jennifer Rackley , Health Expert...Foundation of America up to 68% of Crohn's patients have a vitamin D deficiency. It is... Read more »
Why vitamin D is so important for people with RA: Part 1
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...However, the study was inconclusive as to whether the vitamin D deficiency was a direct... Read more »
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Osteoporosis
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...of osteoporosis in inflammatory bowel disease is vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is required for... Read more »
Vitamin D and Chronic Pain
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert...is the extent of the current evidence in favor of vitamin D deficiency treatment. In regards... Read more »
The Connection Between Vitamin D and Heart Disease
By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert...all, people are not tested. Research suggests Vitamin D deficiency may be an unrecognized... Read more »
Health Guide
Hypophosphatemia
...Various medical conditions may cause hypophosphatemia, but it is commonly associated with starvation, vitamin D deficiency, and alcoholism. Read more »Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
...Treatment involves correcting the underlying cause of the secondary hyperparathyroidism. Patients with vitamin D deficiency are treated with vitamin D, or with other measures to correct... Read more »Normal Test Results for 25-hydroxy Vitamin D
...What abnormal results mean Low 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels indicate a deficiency in vitamin D.Vitamin D deficiency can resultfrom lack of exposure to sunlight, lack of adequate vitamin D in... Read more »Secondary hyperparathyroidism
...failure helps minimize Read more »Vitamin D
Side Effects Vitamin D deficiency can lead to osteoporosis in adults or rickets in children. Too much vitamin D can make the intestines absorb too much calcium. This may... Read more »Images
Vitamin D - Learn about the benefits of adequate Vitamin D intake on bone health... Read more »
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Heart Healthy Vitamin D
January 20, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A lack of vitamin D can cause bone and muscle weakness, but now researchers say it may also affect your heart health. A growing... Read summary »
Kids Low on Vitamin D
August 10, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Seven out of 10 U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D, according to a study of over 6,000 children by researchers at... Read summary »
Live Longer with Vitamin D
March 20, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Adding a vitamin D supplement to your daily diet might not be a bad idea. European researchers who reviewed 18 studies... Read summary »
Winter can boost heart risks
November 25, 2008Researchers at Loyola University in Chicago say that the lack of sunshine in the winter can cause people to become vitamin-D deficient, and this can... Read summary »
Vitamin D and MS
February 17, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers found evidence that a direct interaction between vitamin D and a common genetic variant alters the risk of... Read summary »
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