Rare diseases - a medical condition so obscure that even your doctor has to Google. Despite their name, these diseases ...

which results in beriberi and was associated with consumption of polished rice; vitamin A deficiency, which causes night blindness and xerophthalmia; and deficiencies of iron and vitamin B 12 ...

For instance, a deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine), which is given to hostages immediately upon return, causes wet beriberi syndrome, characterized by heart failure, ventricular enlargement ...

Gen. Edward P. King Jr., the American Luzon Force and its Filipino allies were half-starved and suffering from malnutrition, malaria, beriberi, dysentery, and hookworm. Homma, helped by reinforcements ...