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Vitamin deficiency anemia is a lack of healthy red blood cells caused by lower than usual amounts of vitamin B-12 and folate.
Vitamin D also appears to play a role in insulin production and immune function — and how this relates to chronic disease prevention and cancer — but this is ...
To help diagnose vitamin deficiency anemias, you might have blood tests that check for: The number and appearance of red blood cells; The amount of vitamin ...
Answer From Fouad Chebib, M.D.. A vitamin D deficiency means you don't have enough vitamin D in your body. A lack of vitamin D makes bones weak.
... deficiency. Other deficiencies included iron, vitamin D, copper, vitamin B12 and folate. The nutritional deficiencies have potential health ramifications ...
An intestinal disorder, such as celiac disease, which affects your intestine's ability to absorb nutrients from digested food, can lead to iron deficiency ...
PHOENIX — The health benefits of a plant-based diet is well-known, but the question remains: Could vegans be at risk for deficiency of essential nutrients?
Vitamin deficiency anemia. Besides iron, the body needs folate and vitamin B-12 to make enough healthy red blood cells. A diet that doesn't have enough of these ...
Rickets is the softening and weakening of bones in children, usually because of an extreme and prolonged vitamin D deficiency. Rare inherited problems also ...
Osteomalacia. Vitamin D supplements are used to treat adults with severe vitamin D deficiency, resulting in loss of bone mineral content, bone pain, muscle ...
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