Ancient disease is shockingly making a comeback — here's why
Risk factors for scurvy include poor nutrition, gastric bypass surgery, dialysis, alcoholism, psychiatric history and eating disorders.
Disease that once plagued sailors 'rising due to cost of living crisis'
A disease that once claimed the lives of millions of sailors may be making a comeback due to the cost of living crisis, ...
Renaissance-era disease found in Australia in WA patient in cost-of-living shock
Doctors have detected the rare disease of scurvy in Australia, in what one medical journal has labelled a potential “cost-of-living” case.
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Scurvy may be making a comeback amid economic strain
The scourge of scurvy, which is caused by vitamin C deficiency, may be re-emerging amid the cost of living crisis and the rise in weight loss (bariatric) surgery, suggest doctors in the journal BMJ ...