Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world, with up to 20% of menstruating women lacking in the mineral and up to 5% having iron deficiency anaemia, largely due to ...

Everyday Health: Leland Metheny, associate professor at the School of Medicine, explained how there may be other reasons your ferritin test results may be abnormal. "Ferritin levels should be ...

Have you ever felt "off" and gotten bloodwork done, only to find out your results were all within the "normal" range? That can often happen with seemingly unexplainable symptoms like fatigue and hair ...

Ferritin is the parameter most often used in primary care to diagnose iron deficiency. The cutoff value of ferritin can affect the number of cases diagnosed, however. A study published in JAMA Network ...

(WASHINGTON, August 15, 2024) – Over half of people with iron deficiency were found to still have low iron levels three years after diagnosis, and among patients whose condition was effectively ...

Children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA; Still disease) and those with rheumatoid factor (RF)-positive polyarthritis exhibiting high disease activity had higher serum ferritin ...