Panelists discuss how iron deficiency anemia significantly impacts patients’ quality of life through symptoms like chronic fatigue, shortness of breath, and cognitive dysfunction, while also creating ...

About 1 in 4 people worldwide have some type of anemia. Iron-deficiency anemia, the most common form by far, makes up about half of all cases. Women and very young children get it the most. In fact, ...

Iron deficiency anemia occurs when there are insufficient red blood cells due to a lack of iron. In some cases, iron deficiency anemia can be genetic, as people can pass genetic variations onto their ...

Many female adolescents in the United States may not have enough iron in their bodies. But most may never know, partly due to a lack of routine screenings as well as disagreement over what constitutes ...

More than half of teenage girls experienced heavy bleeding and 40% had an iron deficiency. The research, led by Lund ...

Yes, it is possible to develop an iron deficiency without experiencing anemia. Health experts may refer to this as nonanemic iron deficiency or iron deficiency without anemia. Although iron deficiency ...

Please, hear me out: Have you ever felt the craving to eat ice? OK now, what about dirt? Or even clay? This phenomenon is called pagophagia and this craving, along with fatigue, rapid heart rate or ...

Taking daily iron supplements can help manage iron deficiency anemia, though high doses can cause some side effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, and dark stools. Iron is a mineral ...

Anemia affects your red blood cells and hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to all the tissues and organs in your body. The most common cause ...

Many people think that feeling tired is a normal part of getting older. But there may be another reason: One in 6 adults over age 65 have anemia, a condition caused by not having enough healthy red ...

If you’re feeling tired and often unfocused, you could have anemia. Anemia is a common condition that happens when your body doesn’t have enough red blood cells. The most common type of anemia is iron ...