ALLMedicine™ Scurvy Center

Feb 1st, 2023 - Vitamin C is essential for numerous biological processes as it acts as a cofactor in various hydroxylation reactions, but also as a powerful antioxidant. As humans have lost the ability to synthetize Vitamin C, this micronutrient is found exclusiv...

Jan 25th, 2023 - Scurvy is an almost forgotten carential pathology, caused by a deep vitamin C (or ascorbic acid) deficiency, a priori exceptional in industrialized countries. According to the French National Authority for Health standards, hypovitaminosis C is de...

Dec 25th, 2022 - Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) was recently characterized in the DSM-5 classification. Potential differential diagnoses remain poorly reported in the literature. Our purpose was to present a possible Munchausen syndrome by proxy...

Dec 15th, 2022 - In the Crimean War (1854-56), infamous for its high death rate from disease at 212 per thousand British troops annually - one third of which was due to cholera or dysentery - skin disease was common, accounting for 13% of all admissions and 4.2% o...

Dec 6th, 2022 - Easily missed, easily treatable: A case of non-weight bearing, an MRI and scurvy.|2022|Ding TG,Goh F,Hayman R,|diagnosis,drug therapy,

Feb 1st, 2023 - Vitamin C is essential for numerous biological processes as it acts as a cofactor in various hydroxylation reactions, but also as a powerful antioxidant. As humans have lost the ability to synthetize Vitamin C, this micronutrient is found exclusiv...

Jan 25th, 2023 - Scurvy is an almost forgotten carential pathology, caused by a deep vitamin C (or ascorbic acid) deficiency, a priori exceptional in industrialized countries. According to the French National Authority for Health standards, hypovitaminosis C is de...

Oct 26th, 2022 - BACKGROUND Recent investigations have shown that mutations in epigenetic regulators are common, both in the apparently normal hematopoiesis of the elderly and in patients (pts) with myeloid cancers. It was long anticipated that DNA methylation was...

Jan 26th, 2021 - Background: "Sepsis" is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by the dysregulated host response to infection. Septic Shock: Subset of sepsis with circulatory and cellular/metabolic dysfunction associated with a higher risk of mortality. Orga...

Sep 3rd, 2019 - The clinical finding of skin rashes which appear after a vitamin C deficiency in Long Term Care Unit leads us to believe that the institutional diet could predispose to this kind of deficiency. Vitamin C has a key role into the struggle against ox...

Dec 1st, 2022 - Two years ago, I cared for Ms. L, a woman in her late 40s who had a history of generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder.

Mar 17th, 2021 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I'm Dr F. Perry Wilson of the Yale School of Medicine. Low back pain. If you have it, you know what a burden it can be. I...

May 6th, 2020 - To the Editor: The diagnosis and treatment of nail conditions are necessary competencies for board-certified dermatologists, but appropriate education often is lacking. 1 The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) annual meeting is one of the larges.

Apr 7th, 2020 - Studies have recommended dog walking as an activity designed to improve the overall health of older adults. 1,2 Benefits purportedly associated with dog walking include lower body mass index, fewer chronic diseases, reduction in the number of physi.

Mar 5th, 2020 - Beau lines are palpable transverse depressions on the dorsal aspect of the nail plate that result from a temporary slowing of nail plate production by the proximal nail matrix. Onychomadesis is a separation of the proximal nail plate from the dist.