Scurvy, a disease caused by severe vitamin C deficiency, is making a comeback in France. A new study links its resurgence, ...

Nearly 700 people in B.C. have been reported to have a vitamin C deficiency in the past decade, according to data obtained by CBC News, prompting doctors to raise questions about the prevalence of ...

Instead, it provided CBC News with the number of known instances of ascorbic acid, or vitamin C, deficiency — the closest systematically reported data it says it has. Scurvy can occur from ...

He also warned a prolonged lack of vitamin C can lead to a more severe deficiency and the development of scurvy." He has now set out seven signs to watch for: Fatigue Swollen and painful joints ...

They contain many substances, the most important being vitamin C (or ascorbic acid), and they certainly prevent and cure vitamin C deficiency—the cause of scurvy. Oranges and lemons, limes and ...

Why is this molecule so well-known? Apart from its deficiency causing scurvy in humans, vitamin C is also vitally important to other species. Neither animals nor plants can live without vitamin C ...

Scurvy is the name given to the disease caused by a deficiency in Vitamin C. Without enough Vitamin C, the body can’t make collagen properly. This is the connective tissue, or glue, that holds ...

Nearly 700 people in British Columbia have been reported to have a vitamin C deficiency in the past decade, according to data obtained by CBC News, prompting doctors to raise questions about the ...