Discover the history, evolution, and importance of clinical trials, from James Lind's scurvy study to modern registry ...

The first clinical trial is believed to have been carried out in 1747, when a Scottish doctor treated patients on a ship with scurvy using a range of remedies. Those told to eat citrus fruits ...

Scurvy is rare in the UK today, with just 171 cases reported last year. However, this is still a rise from 2007-2008, when 63 cases of scurvy were reported. Read More ...

On May 20, 1747, Lind assessed a dozen patients with scurvy aboard the Royal Navy ship HMS Salisbury while at sea. All 12 patients were in the same part of the ship and shared a common diet.

Scurvy patients recover rapidly once they get access to vitamin C, research shows. (Getty Images) Calls for more testing. Based on his experience in Saskatchewan, Irvine said he thinks there ...

Nearly 700 people in British Columbia have been reported to have a vitamin C deficiency in the past decade, according to data obtained by CBC News, prompting doctors to raise questions about the ...

A surge in scurvy cases in northern Saskatchewan has raised red flags about grocery prices and access to fresh food. According to CBC News, 27 cases of scurvy have been reported in La Rouge, Sask., ...

A surge in scurvy cases in northern Saskatchewan has raised red flags about grocery prices and access to fresh food. According to CBC News, 27 cases of scurvy have been reported in La Rouge, Sask., ...

All patients were over 20 years old and 79 per cent were Indigenous. Scurvy symptoms vary from fatigue and joint pain to hair changes, wounds not healing and loss of teeth. The first case in La ...

These results were followed with a physical exam, which confirmed a scurvy diagnosis in all 27 cases. Patient ages range from 20-80, and 79 per cent are Indigenous.

Doctors in Australia writing about a scurvy patient - who had zero traces of Vitamin C in his body - in a medical journal have also reportedly noted that the cost of living has become a major ...

The discovery of 27 cases of scurvy in a northern Saskatchewan community is raising concerns about grocery prices and access to fresh food as income inequality worsens.Earlier this year, a doctor in ...