http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A Massey University PhD student has developed a complementary food for infants in developing nations that could help minimise vitamin A deficiency. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-sweet-potato-weaning-food-infant.html Health Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:30:02 EST news283504396 (Medical Xpress) -- A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition indicates that orange sweet potato (OSP) is effective in providing vitamin A to malnourished women and children in Mozambique, where the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is very high. VAD can lead to impaired immune defenses and eye damage that can lead to blindness and even death. Annually, 250,000 to 500,000 preschool children go blind from VAD and about two-thirds will die within months of going blind. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-orange-sweet-potato-vitamin-deficiency.html Health Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:43:52 EST news241177415