...doubled their goal. They wanted to raise enough money to supply an entire village of children with Vitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of blindness among children in the developing world. But there's more good news. Christian...

...for beta-carotene and urged caution in taking supplements with beta-carotene except to prevent or control a vitamin A deficiency (which is rare in the United States and Canada and most of the developed world.) Industry groups were disappointed...

...death rate by as much as 30 percent. Sommer's finding has led to programs in more than 70 countries to combat vitamin A deficiency, which can cause blindness and susceptibility to fatal diseases. Hopkins researchers have begun to study the...

...vitamin A to children in developing countries where vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of irreversible blindness...A to eliminate the fear of blindness because of vitamin A deficiency. Tuesday, the children of Camp Jabez will perform...