Rickets softens the bones and can cause deformities ... Government guidelines recommend that pregnant women and breast-fed babies should receive vitamin D supplements but the nutritionists say ...

Vitamin D regulates hormones, reduces menstrual pain, supports fetal development and preserves bone health during menopause.

The rash of young women who died in labor due to narrowed birth canals—a consequence of pelvises warped by rickets—led to giant strides in obstetrics as well as the medicalization of ...