Almost 300 years after naval surgeon James Lind discovered that citrus juice was an effective remedy for scurvy, the vitamin deficiency is experiencing a resurgence. Scurvy is a condition caused ...

Also known as ascorbic acid, vitamin C is a small carbohydrate molecule first identified in the 1920s by Albert von Szent Györgyi, who discovered that it was able to prevent and cure scurvy.

When he was a college freshman, Matt Storrs started experiencing some unexplainable symptoms. “The first thing I noticed was my gums began to bleed really easily,” says Storrs, 37, now a ...