Deficiency Diseases

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Created January 2008

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Title:   Vitamin D
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium through the small intestine. This is important for building strong bones, muscles and teeth. Most of our vitamin D comes from UV radiation in sunlight hitting our skin. Lack of sunlight can lead to vitamin D deficiency, which can cause rickets in children and osteoporosis in older people.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Folic acid and pregnancy
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Taking folic acid before pregnancy can reduce your chances of having a baby with spina bifida.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Oral zinc for treating diarrhoea in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In developing countries, millions of children suffer from severe diarrhoea every year. This is due to infection and malnutrition, and many die from dehydration due to the diarrhoea. Giving fluids by mouth (using an oral rehydration solution) has been sh...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Vitamin B
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   There are eight B-group vitamins, which are essential for metabolic processes such as energy production and red blood cell synthesis. These water soluble vitamins are easily destroyed when cooking or processing food. Taking B-group vitamin supplements can sometimes mask other vitamin deficiencies and may be toxic if taken incorrectly. It is important not to self-diagnose a vitamin deficiency.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Vitamin B6 for cognition
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Micronutrient status can affect cognitive function at all ages. Vitamin deficiencies could influence memory function and might contribute to age-associated cognitive impairment and dementia. Vitamin B6 is involved in the regulation of mental function an...
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Vitamins - common misconceptions
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Vitamin supplements are commonly misused and taken as a form of medicine to treat ailments such as colds or to counteract lifestyle issues such as stress. Contrary to popular belief, vitamins aren't drugs or miracle cures.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Vitamin D: what you need to know
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to vitamin D, why children need it, how they can get it, and what to do if they're not getting enough.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Vitamin and mineral supplements
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Vitamins are organic compounds that the body needs in small amounts for various metabolic processes. It is best to get vitamins from eating a varied diet. People who may need vitamin supplements include pregnant and lactating women, some vegetarians, people who drink large quantities of alcohol, drug users and the elderly.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Calcium
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Calcium is an important part of our daily diet, especially for children, teenagers and older women. It is essential for the growth of strong bones and teeth, and for healthy nerve and muscle function. Calcium deficiency can lead to disorders like osteoporosis. Good sources of calcium include dairy foods and calcium fortified products such as soymilk and breakfast cereals.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Iodine explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Iodine is found in dairy products, seafood, kelp, eggs, some vegetables and iodised salt. It is important for hormone development. If you don't have enough iodine in your diet, it can cause an enlarged thyroid gland (goitre) or other iodine deficiency disorders. Iodine deficiency is the world's leading cause of mental retardation in children.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Milk - facts and fallacies
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Milk is an excellent source of vitamins and minerals, particularly calcium. However, some common fallacies about milk may encourage some people to restrict their intake of this highly nutritious drink unnecessarily.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Scurvy
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Scurvy is a disease caused by severe and chronic vitamin C (ascorbic acid) deficiency. Symptoms include feeling generally unwell and bleeding gums. Good dietary sources of vitamin C include citrus fruits and green vegetables.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Vitamin A for preventing acute lower respiratory tract infections in children up to seven years of age
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs), especially pneumonia and bronchiolitis, are leading causes of mortality in children up to five years of age. The Global Burden of Disease 2000 project estimated that the annual number of acute respirator...
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Interventions for the prevention of nutritional rickets in term born children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Rickets is a disease which affects the bone of growing children. Calcium and phosphate are important elements which form the bone. In nutritional rickets, initially the availability of calcium is diminished, later disturbances in phosphate occur. The sh...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Magnesium: the forgotten electrolyte
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Magnesium is important for the proper functioning of various metabolic pathways and ion channels so disturbances in magnesium concentration can cause clinical problems.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Rickets
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Rickets is a bone disease of early childhood. Symptoms include soft and weakened bones due to a lack of vitamin D, calcium or phosphorus. Causes include lack of sunlight, nutritional deficiencies and disorders of the liver, kidney or small intestine. A similar condition can occur in adults, but it is called osteomalacia.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Protein
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   About half of the human body's dry weight is made up of protein. Many of the foods we eat contain protein, particularly flesh foods (chicken, beef, lamb and fish) and legumes.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Goitre
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A goitre is an enlargement of the thyroid gland. Causes include iodine deficiency and thyroid conditions, such as hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, nodules and cancer. Treatment depends on the cause.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Sunshine - health benefits and health risks
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Some small amount of sun exposure is needed to keep us healthy. This is because we need vitamin D which is made by the action of sunlight (UVB rays) on the skin.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Menopause: Consequences of oestrogen deficiency after menopause on bone health
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Menopause results in oestrogen deficiency. It is also known that oestrogen levels begin to fall in the years preceding menopause, even when a woman continues to menstruate normally. It is this oestrogen deficiency around the time of menopause that contributes significantly to bone loss in women.
Date:   Feb 2006
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