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BABY: Too Little Vitamin D May Soften Baby's Skull From: Hope Waltman (anonymous@obgyn.net) Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:51:43 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Hope Waltman: "BREASTHEALTH: HRT Raises Recurrence Risk Among Breast Cancer Survivors Trial was halted" Previous message: Hope Waltman: "PREGNANCY: Cervix Length at Mid-Pregnancy May Predict C-Section Risk" Too Little Vitamin D May Soften Baby's Skull Deficiency could cause even more serious troubles later on, study suggests "WEDNESDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy may be linked to a softening of bones in a baby's skull, Japanese researchers report. The researchers evaluated 1,120 newborns and found that, at five to seven days of age, 246 (22 percent) of the babies had craniotabes. The researchers also found strong seasonal variations in the incidence of craniotabes. This suggests that the condition is associated with prenatal vitamin D deficiency, and is likely influenced by the amount of sunlight exposure a woman gets during pregnancy. The body produces vitamin D when the skin is exposed to sunlight. This vitamin D deficiency in newborns may persist into later life, especially in breast-fed infants who don't receive a formula with vitamin D supplementation, the researchers said. More than half the breast-fed infants with craniotabes showed statistically significant low levels of serum 25-OH vitamin D, the storage form of the vitamin. Some of these infants had symptoms of an overactive parathyroid gland, which is also consistent with vitamin D deficiency. The study appears in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism." http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_62666.html Regards, Hope Waltman, Fibroid Forum and WH Forum Moderator http://www.hopeforfibroids.org http://www.doctorsinfoweb.com/doctors/whatsnew.htm http://www.obgyn.net/fibroid-resource-center/ Next message: Hope Waltman: "BREASTHEALTH: HRT Raises Recurrence Risk Among Breast Cancer Survivors Trial was halted" Previous message: Hope Waltman: "PREGNANCY: Cervix Length at Mid-Pregnancy May Predict C-Section Risk"

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