NZ: Lifestyle causes rickets to return:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Incidence of the bone disease rickets is said to be re-emerging in New Zealand. "We see rickets fairly commonly," Dr Teuila Percival, a paediatrician for Counties-Manukau, told One News. Rickets, which is diagnosed through blood test or X-ray, is caused by a lack of vitamin D and results in bone softening and