Most people are aware that eating plenty of fruits and vegetables is important for overall health. But not having enough — or any — fresh produce raises the risk of developing a serious health ...

The term scurvy might conjure images of pirates or 18th century sailors. But the condition, caused by a vitamin C deficiency, often triggered by a poor diet, might actually be re-emerging. A group of ...

Scurvy is often considered a historical ailment, conjuring images of sailors on long sea voyages suffering from a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables. Yet doctors in developed countries have recently ...

Scurvy is a condition that results from a vitamin C deficiency. Scurvy symptoms and signs can include anemia, exhaustion, spontaneous bleeding, limb pain, swelling, and sometimes ulceration of the ...

A condition that killed millions of sailors between the 16th and 18th centuries has resurfaced, and looks set to become more prevalent in regions of the world you'd least expect to see it. Scurvy, ...

Scurvy is better known as severe vitamin C deficiency. Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is an essential dietary nutrient. It plays a role in the development and functioning of several bodily structures ...

Scurvy has been called “the plague of the sea,” a dreaded disease associated with epic voyages, bad food, and pirates. Its symptoms were recognized by ancient Greek physicians, and effective ...

You may be at risk of scurvy if you don't eat enough fruit and vegetable containing vitamin C. (Getty Images) When you hear the word ‘scurvy’, you’d be forgiven for thinking of it as being a disease ...

Scurvy doesn't just turn your skin yellow. In fact, in the later stages of the disease, the skin turns black, often right before you die, horribly, from massive internal hemorrhaging near the brain or ...

A man at Aberdeen University spent his entire student grant within a fortnight. In order to keep himself alive for the rest of the term he cooked as much porridge as he could, lined a chest of drawers ...