Vitamin D is important to our overall health, and now scientists have made some notable discoveries about how deficiency early in life can trigger problems with the body's immune system. Researchers ...

Researchers have found a potential link between vitamin D deficiency and a higher rate of hospitalization for respiratory ...

Deficiency of vitamin D has been linked to issues in bone health, but recent studies are revealing a more complex relationship between this nutrient and the immune system. Emerging evidence suggests ...

Vitamin D deficiency can lead to bone softening and subsequent bone pain and fractures. Learn its causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

B cell deficiency is a common condition that can result either from immunosuppressant drugs used to treat autoimmune disease or certain cancers—such as rituximab (RTX)—or from natural immune ...

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The influenza virus or flu is a contagious respiratory illness that can generate mild, moderate, or severe symptoms. Healthy individuals that contract the virus may feel mild symptoms, but recover ...

Nerve pathways in the spinal cord can be damaged or severed after an accident or serious injury, a condition known as paraplegia. Depending on where the injury is located, different parts of the body ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- "My son, who's five years old, is getting a 52-minute infusion weekly of a medication to build his immune system," said Regina James of Pitman, New Jersey. "So, I ...