Health
Study reveals toddlers' diets at risk of iron deficiency
Most toddlers are at risk of not getting enough iron in their diets, a QUT nutritionist has warned.
Aug 8, 2014
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Iron Deficiency
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Iron supplements improve anemia, quality of life for women with heavy periods
A study by researchers from Finland found that diagnosis and treatment of anemia is important to improve quality of life among women with heavy periods. Findings published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, ...
Jun 9, 2014
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Cardiology
Negative iron balance predicts acute heart failure survival
Negative iron balance predicts survival in patients with acute heart failure, according to research presented for the first time today at the Heart Failure Congress 2014 in Athens, Greece. The Congress is the main annual ...
May 17, 2014
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Health
Supplement strategy overhaul needed for new mums
Immediate intervention is needed to prevent detrimental outcomes from iron deficiency anaemia among postpartum mothers in Nepal, new research has found.
Apr 28, 2014
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Pediatrics
Changing where a baby is held after birth could lead to improved uptake of procedure that reduces infant iron deficiency
Changing where a newborn baby is held before its umbilical cord is clamped could lead to improved uptake in hospitals of delayed cord clamping, leading to a decreased risk of iron deficiency in infancy, according to new results ...
Apr 17, 2014
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Health
Forging iron women
(Medical Xpress)—A new University of Melbourne study has found that women who take iron supplements, experience a marked improvement in their exercise performance.
Apr 9, 2014
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Pediatrics
Iron deficiency important to assess in children adopted from institutional settings
A new longitudinal study finds that children who spent more time in institutional settings (like orphanages) prior to adoption, and had more severe iron deficiency at the time of adoption, were more likely to have lower IQs ...
Mar 6, 2014
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Cardiology
Iron deficiency may increase stroke risk through sticky blood
Scientists at Imperial College London have discovered that iron deficiency may increase stroke risk by making the blood more sticky.
Feb 19, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Investigational drug effective in treating iron deficiency in kidney disease patients on dialysis
Doctors at the North Shore-LIJ Health System on Saturday will present late-breaking data showing that an investigational drug Triferic is well tolerated and effective in treating iron deficiency in patients with chronic kidney ...
Nov 9, 2013
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Medical research
Iron supplementation can provide cognitive and physical benefits to anemic children
Giving daily iron supplements to anemic primary-school–aged children can have cognitive and physical benefits, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Oct 15, 2013
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