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Your body regularly gets iron from the foods you eat. If you consume too little iron, over time your body can become iron deficient. Examples of iron-rich foods ...
Iron is a mineral that helps the bone marrow make hemoglobin, the part of a red blood cell that carries oxygen to body tissues. The body can store a certain ...
Iron helps move oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body and helps muscles store and use oxygen. If your child's diet lacks iron, he or she might develop a ...
Iron helps move oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. It also helps muscles store and use oxygen. If your child's diet lacks iron, you child might ...
Because both too much and too little iron have the potential to lead to health concerns, getting the right amount of iron is critical for good health. If you ...
Iron dextran is an iron replacement product that is used to treat iron deficiency, such as anemia (not enough iron in the blood) or blood loss in patients ...
Are you getting enough iron? Know how to spot the symptoms of iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy and how to prevent it.
Iron is found in the diet in two forms—heme iron, which is well absorbed, and nonheme iron, which is poorly absorbed. The best dietary source of absorbable ( ...
Iron supplements, when prescribed by your health care professional, are not expected to cause different side effects in children than they do in adults. However ...
Red blood cells carry oxygen to the body's tissues. Because women lose blood during menstruation, women in general are at greater risk of iron deficiency anemia ...
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