Psychology & Psychiatry

Could low iron be making mental health symptoms worse?

Most people these days understand that mental health issues have their roots in physical differences in our brains, genes and bodies, and differences in our life experiences.

Medical research

No more bleeding for 'iron overload' patients?

Hemochromatosis (HH) is the most common genetic disorder in the western world, and yet is barely known. Only in the US 1 in 9 people carry the mutation (although not necessarily the disease).

Attention deficit disorders

MRI technique reveals low brain iron in ADHD patients

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a noninvasive way to measure iron levels in the brains of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study being presented today at the annual meeting ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Physicists link specific iron forms to Alzheimer's

There have been indications for decades that there is a link between increased iron levels in the brain and Alzheimer's disease. Leiden physicists now report a distinction between different forms of iron, identifying specific ...

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