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Breast milk lacks vitamin D

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Aug 26th 2008 11:01AM

Is there a downside to breastfeeding? A new report from the New York Times might have you thinking so. In a recent article, several studies monitoring a lack of vitamin D in infants might support that breastmilk is not enough to prevent things like ...
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Parents of girl brought up on vegan diet may face charges

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jun 10th 2008 10:00AM

Parents of a 12-year-old Scottish girl may face charges after the child was brought to the hospital with a degenerative bone disease. Doctors say that she has the spine of an 80-year-old, caused by a severe case of rickets, which occurs when a person ...
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Could unhealthy habits bring back an ancient bone problem?

by Angie Felton, Posted Nov 27th 2007 3:02PM

Not getting enough exercise, sunshine or milk might lead to the children of today suffering from an condition that plagued their ancestors in the past: rickets. According to bone specialists, millions of healthy-looking U.S. children are not ...
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