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 ...

Ferritin is a protein that’s produced in the body’s cells, and largely concentrated in the liver and immune system cells. Ferritin stores and releases iron, which is essential for producing red blood ...

Finding yourself suddenly feeling tired, losing hair or even experiencing mood changes can impact your quality of life. Equally scary is not knowing what's causing those changes. While these same ...

Ferritin is a protein that stores and releases iron (a mineral) in the body. A ferritin test measures how much of this protein is in your blood, helping diagnose health conditions caused by too much ...

Running can feel exhausting, but it shouldn't leave you so gassed you can't get off the couch for the rest of the day or that it takes you a full week to recover from a workout. Too often, that sense ...

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 ...

A nutrition expert is warning women not to skip out on a vital blood test. Alicia Wolf, a chef and diet expert in Texas, warned many routine blood panels at the doctor's office may not test for ...