Patients with serum ferritin levels higher than 1000 μg/L show a 91% increased risk for any fracture, with a doubled risk for vertebral and humerus fractures compared with those without iron overload.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 65-year-old woman who was recently diagnosed with iron deficiency and sent to a hematologist for two sessions of iron infusion. After completing this procedure, I found out from ...

Patients with iron overload — serum ferritin > 1000 µg/L or a diagnosis of hemochromatosis or thalassemia — were 60% more likely to have an osteoporotic fracture during an up to 10-year follow-up than ...

Recently discovered genetic mutations, modern diagnostic techniques, and fresh approaches to therapy change the outlook on hemochromatosis. Ben, age 46, visited his primary-care clinician with ...

BMP, bone morphogenetic protein; BMPR, bone morphogenetic protein receptor; HAMP, hepcidin; HFE, hereditary hemochromatosis protein; HJV, hemojuvelin; Holo-Tf, holo ...

- Research from 8865 UK BioBank participants shows 1 in 20 have unhealthy accumulation of liver iron. - 4.8% of population had elevated liver iron levels, and red meat consumption in these people may ...

Two infants with hypotonia and minor congenital anomalies were found to have a striking increase in the total body iron in the absence of any hemolysis or unusual iron intake. The increase in iron was ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto and Toronto General Hospital have made a discovery that could prevent damage to the heart, pancreas and pituitary gland from excess iron with a simple pill.

Rhino horns may be the key to saving the endangered species from a potentially fatal condition: iron overload disorder. With the species dwindling in number, if zookeepers were alerted to the ...

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