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Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy

Your body needs iron to help carry oxygen through your blood to all parts of your body. Iron-deficiency anemia affects more women than men and is more common during pregnancy.

How Too Much Iron (or Too Little) Puts Your Health at Risk

IRON DEFICIENCY IS COMMON in humans. On the other hand, excessive iron (for example, with hemochromatosis) is associated with an increased risk of developing several cancers, including breast, colorectal, liver, and prostate.

Blood Suggests Higher Cancer Risk

PLATELETS COUNTS APPEAR TO BE DIRECTLY involved with cancer, suggests a growing body of laboratory research. A new study now shows elevated platelet levels associated...

Travel? Don’t Forget This.

HERE’S ME: IPAD TO WATCH FILMS? CHECK. Kindle for reading books and the New York Times? Again, check. Chargers for all my gear. Got it....