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 ...

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 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 ...

Iron deficiency anemia was identified in an additional 3.3 million US adults when the ferritin threshold was liberalized from ≤ 15 ng/mL, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), to ≤ 45 ng ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A ferritin threshold of 25 µg/L is cost-effective for identifying and treating women with iron deficiency.

While a lot of us dismiss tiredness, fatigue, and brain fog as usual parts of a busy day, these symptoms, more often than not, signal a hidden deficiency. While most of us would naturally gravitate ...

An intensive care consultant at a busy London hospital and a mother–of–two, Dr Susan Jain was no stranger to tiredness. But when, in 2023, her dark, thick hair began thinning, and her ponytail felt ...