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	Hair Loss due to Iron Deficiency Anemia could be an indicator
		Iron deficiency in women has been shown in several clinical studies to be a frequent cause of hair loss in non-menopausal women, 35 to 50.
		Another study of 153 women with telogen effluvium conducted from 1995 to 1998 showed that iron deficiency and depletion was the culprit in 72 percent of women.
		Hair loss in women and men due to iron deficiency can be easily resolved in most cases with modification of one's daily diet to include more food rich in vitamins which can include red meat, dried fruit, broccoli, raisins, clams, oysters, and spinach.
	www.hairlosslibrary.com /hair_loss_iron.html (780 words)

	Iron-Deficiency Anemia
		Iron is obtained from foods in our diet, however, only 1 mg of iron is absorbed for every 10 to 20 mg of iron ingested.
		An increased iron requirement and increased red blood cell production is required when the body is going through changes such as growth spurts in children and adolescents, or during pregnancy and lactation.
		From there, iron and transferri are used in the production of hemoglobin (the molecule that transports oxygen in the blood), stored in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow, and utilized as needed by all body cells.
	www.umm.edu /blood/aneiron.htm (652 words)

	Iron deficiency anemia Summary
		Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia, and the most common cause of microcytic anemia.
		Iron deficiency anemia occurs when the dietary intake or absorption of iron is insufficient, and hemoglobin, which contains iron, cannot be formed.
		Iron deficiency anemia is characterized by pallor, fatigue and weakness.
	www.bookrags.com /Iron_deficiency_anemia (1535 words)

	Home Remedies, Herbal Remedies and Natural Cures
		Modern medicine laboratory or clinical drug trials, blind and double-blind studies, determine that a certain level of the drug has to be maintained in the body to rid it of nocuous symptoms.
		Since these are alternative natural medicine and a part of one's daily diet, excess of any kind is excreted.
		Herbs should always be gathered fresh, early in the morning when their natural oils are at the maximum-herbal natural oils are highly volatile, and the steadily increasing heat of the ascending sun depletes them.
	www.best-home-remedies.com (801 words)

	Nutrition for Everyone: Iron Deficiency \| DNPAO \| CDC
		Iron deficiency is a condition resulting from too little iron in the body.
		Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency and the leading cause of anemia in the United States.
		Among children, iron deficiency is seen most often between six months and three years of age due to rapid growth and inadequate intake of dietary iron.
	www.cdc.gov /nccdphp/dnpa/nutrition/nutrition_for_everyone/iron_deficiency (2583 words)

	IRON DEFICIENCY AND IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA
		The iron that full-term infants have stored in their bodies is used up in the first 4—6 months of life.
		Iron is needed to make haemoglobin—the protein in red blood cells that gives them their colour and carries oxygen.
		Iron in meats is more easily absorbed by the body than iron in vegetables and other foods.
	www.medic8.com /healthguide/articles/irondeficiency.html (4088 words)

	Painstaking Research Reveals Long-Term Impact of Infant Iron Deficiency-Medicine at Michigan Winter 2001
		Iron is required for myelin (the fatty sheath surrounding axons, which connects nerve cells and speeds nerve conduction).
		Dramatic new insights regarding iron’s critical role in children’s development were recently revealed to Lozoff and her research team in a long-term study of 191 lower middle-class children in Costa Rica that began in 1981 in conjunction with colleagues there at National Children’s Hospital in San jose.
		The researchers discovered that infants with an iron deficiency at the beginning of the project exhibited learning and behavior problems as teen-agers — even though their original iron-deficiency anemia was corrected to normal levels through treatment.
	www.medicineatmichigan.org /magazine/2001/winter/iron/default.asp (1557 words)

	Iron deficiency anemia
		In the United States, iron deficiency anemia occurs to a lesser extent than in developing countries because of the higher consumption of red meat and the practice of food fortification (addition of iron to foods by the manufacturer).
		Decreased iron intake is a contributing factor in iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia.
		Where iron deficiency is provoked by hookworm infections, therapy for this parasite should be used, along with protection of the feet by wearing shoes whenever walking in hookworm-infested soil.
	www.lifesteps.com /gm/Atoz/ency/iron_deficiency_anemia.jsp (2221 words)

	Iron Deficiency
		Iron replacement therapy cannot be comfortably undertaken until the cause of the iron deficit is ascertained.
		The challenge of acquiring sufficient iron from the environment possibly the fueled the spread of the gene for hereditary hemochromatosis.
		Iron is taken into the cells from ferrotransferrin by cell surface transferrin receptors, is transported to the mitochondria, and inserted into the protoporphyrin IX ring by ferrochelatase (Ponka, 1997).
	sickle.bwh.harvard.edu /fe-def.html (5777 words)

	Iron Deficiency Anemia
		Iron deficiency is easily measured by taking a blood sample and evaluating its iron constituents, such as hematocrit (red blood cell proportion), hemoglobin (iron-based blood component), and serum ferritin (iron storage protein).
		Blood deficiency is described as occurring from excessive blood loss (with insufficient replacement) and by "inadequacy of the blood factors and components required in blood formation due to spleen and stomach dysfunction." It was also pointed out that blood deficiency could arise secondary to blood stasis.
		Therefore, within the realm of standard herbal practice, given the ready availability of iron compounds used in making formulas and their absence in blood tonic formulas, one may suspect that iron deficiency anemia is not a significant target of Chinese medicine therapy for blood deficiency.
	www.itmonline.org /arts/iron.htm (2331 words)

	Iron Deficiency
		The unfortunate misconception that effective approaches to iron deficiency are not available is due to the fact that iron deficiency cannot be effectively addressed by one or two universal actions as is the case for the control of iodine deficiency (universal iodization of salt) or vitamin A deficiency (supplementation or fortification).
		The importance was stressed of expanding the focus on iron deficiency from supplementation during pregnancy only to the prevention of anemia in young children because of its impact on cognitive development and in non-pregnant women because of the need to have them enter pregnancy with adequate iron stores.
		The level of hemoglobin and iron stores of a woman at the start of pregnancy is the strongest indicator of her iron status at term, regardless of supplementation during the pregnancy period.
	www.unsystem.org /scn/publications/annualmeeting/SCN25/irondeficiency.html (4963 words)

	Pediatric Advisor 2006.2: Iron Deficiency Anemia
		The red blood cells carry oxygen in the bloodstream, and iron is needed for your child's body to produce red blood cells.
		Iron deficiency anemia is caused by a child not getting enough iron from his or her diet.
		Spinach and egg yolks also contain iron, but it is in a form that is not readily available to the body to absorb.
	www.med.umich.edu /1libr/pa/pa_irondefa_hhg.htm (415 words)

	Michelle Baldwin
		Iron is a mineral that is found the in hemoglobin of the Red Blood Cells.
		Latent iron deficiency (Hb > 11, and ferritin < 10), consisting of 4 athletes, and 3.
		While Iron Deficiency Anemia has many aggravating symptoms, its causes are fixable, and a person suffering from this disease can be cured by some relatively simple treatments.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /AnS/psychology/health_psychology/IronDeficiencyAnemia.htm (3249 words)

	Iron deficiency anemia Encyclopedia of Medicine - Find Articles
		The term iron deficiency anemia means anemia that is due to iron deficiency.
		Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia throughout the world.
		In the United States, iron deficiency anemia occurs to a lesser extent than in developing countries because of the higher consumption of red meat and the practice of food fortification (addition of iron to foods by the manufacturer).
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2601/is_0007/ai_2601000770 (580 words)

	Anemia Iron-Deficiency - Alternative Medicine
		Studies show that low iron levels can be very dangerous, and can lead to heart disease and even death, especially in older people.
		Iron can also be found raisins, spinach, and broccoli, lima beans and green peas; dry beans and peas.
		Doctors report that a lack of hydrochloric acid in the stomach is a big cause of iron deficiency, especially as people get older.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art40909.asp (695 words)

	Iron-Deficiency Anemia
		Iron deficiency, whether it is severe enough to lead to anemia or not, can result from a number of health issues.
		Iron deficiency is not usually caused by a lack of dietary iron alone.
		Even after taking enough iron to overcome the deficiency, some people with recurrent iron deficiency—particularly some premenopausal women—need to continue to supplement with smaller levels of iron, such as the 18 mg present in most multivitamin-mineral supplements.
	www.pccnaturalmarkets.com /health/Concern/Iron_Deficiency.htm (1676 words)

	Preventing Iron Deficiency Anemia - Keep Kids Healthy
		Because 'iron deficiency anemia significantly impairs mental and psychomotor development in infants and children,' leading to developmental delays and behavioral disturbances.
		So to prevent iron deficiency, you should breastfeed or give your infant an iron fortified infant formula (avoiding low iron formula) until they are at least 12 months of age, and begin an iron supplement by about 6 months of age.
		To prevent iron deficiency in teens, they should be encouraged to eat iron-rich foods and foods that enhance iron absorption.
	www.keepkidshealthy.com /nutrition/preventing_iron_deficiency.html (1154 words)

	Hemochromatosis - The Shocking Truth About Iron: Hippocrates Magazine
		Skimp on iron and the result is anemia, a condition that decreases hemoglobin in the blood, which in turn, cheats the body of enough oxygen for proper growth and functioning.
		It's known, for example, that while adequate iron is vital to healthy pregnancies, about 20 percent of women of child-bearing age are iron deficient.
		She could be, but iron deficiency is only one from a long list of underlying problems that can trigger anemia, including vitamin deficiencies, defective hemoglobin, and even iron overload.
	www.ironoverload.org /hippocrates.html (2188 words)

	Iron deficiency anemia
		The iron content of cabbage, for example, is about 1.6mg/kg food, while that of spinach (33mg/kg), lima beans (15mg/kg), potato (14mg/kg), tomato (3mg/kg), apples (1.5mg/kg), raisins (20mg/kg), whole wheat bread (43mg/kg), eggs (20mg/kg), canned tuna (13mg/kg), chicken (11mg/kg), beef (28 mg/kg), corn oil (0.6mg/kg), and peanut butter (6.0mg/kg), are indicated.
		The RDA for iron for the adult male is 10 mg/day, while that for the adult woman is 15mg/day.
		Iron deficiency anemia in infants is defined as a hemoglobin level below 109mg/ml of whole blood, and a hematocrit of under 33%.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/iron_deficiency_anemia.jsp (2110 words)

	Iron Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine - Find Articles
		Iron is a mineral that the human body uses to produce the red blood cells (hemoglobin) that carry oxygen throughout the body.
		But when there is insufficient iron from dietary sources, or as a result of blood loss in the body, the amount of hemoglobin in the bloodstream is reduced and oxygen cannot be efficiently transported to tissues and organs throughout the body.
		Iron levels in the body are measured by both hemoglobin and serum ferritin blood tests.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0000/ai_2603000071 (698 words)

	eMedicine - Anemia, Chronic : Article by John T Truman, MD, MPH
		Worldwide, undiagnosed iron deficiency is probably the most common cause of isolated chronic anemia, especially in children aged 1-5 years and in teenagers.
		Iron deficiency is seen in older infants, toddlers, and menstruating girls.
		Educate parents regarding the potential dangers of iron overload; many children are inappropriately given iron supplements for chronic anemia unrelated to iron deficiency.
	www.emedicine.com /ped/topic99.htm (3387 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Topics beginning with Ah-Ap
		Anemia - iron deficiency see Iron deficiency anemia
		Anemia - iron deficiency - children see Iron deficiency anemia - children
		U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/encyclopedia_Ah-Ap.htm (589 words)

	Treating Iron Deficiency Anemia with Ferretts IPS (Iron Protein Succinylate)
		Since two thirds of all iron in the body is contained in hemoglobin, iron deficiency is often simply thought of as a disorder that reduces oxygen delivery.
		However, iron is also required for normal activity by many other important enzymes (myoglobin, cytochromes, catalase, peroxidase, tryptophan pyrrolase, xanthine oxidase, alpha-glycerophosphate oxidase, and aconitase) that are unrelated to oxygen transport.
		Yet another advantage is that, since Ferretts IPS is in solution, it cannot become lodged or retained like dry tablets or capsules of iron salts in the upper parts of the GI tract and cause serious irritation or ulceration in the oral cavity, larynx, or esophagus.
	www.pharmics.com /ips-advantage.htm (453 words)

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