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2. Human iron metabolism - Wikipedia

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   Human iron metabolism is the set of chemical reactions that maintain human homeostasis of iron at the systemic and cellular level. Iron is both necessary to the body and potentially toxic. Controlling iron levels in the body is a critically important part of many aspects of human health and disease. Hematologists have been especially interested ...

3. Serum iron - Wikipedia

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   Serum iron is a medical laboratory test that measures the amount of circulating iron that is bound to transferrin and freely circulate in the blood. Clinicians order this laboratory test when they are concerned about iron deficiency, which can cause anemia and other problems. 65% of the iron in the body is bound up in hemoglobin molecules in red blood cells.

4. What Happens to Your Body When You Consume Iron Regularly - AOL

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   The most common type is iron-deficiency anemia, in which a lack of iron leads to a reduction in the number of red blood cells or hemoglobin. This can impair oxygen transport throughout the body.

5. Iron in biology - Wikipedia

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   Human iron homeostasis is regulated at two different levels. Systemic iron levels are balanced by the controlled absorption of dietary iron by enterocytes, the cells that line the interior of the intestines, and the uncontrolled loss of iron from epithelial sloughing, sweat, injuries and blood loss. In addition, systemic iron is continuously ...

6. 7 Warning Signs You're Not Getting Enough Iron - AOL

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   The World Health Organization has recognized iron deficiency anemia (IDA) as the most common nutritional deficiency in the world, with 30% of the population being affected by this condition.

7. Nearly 1 in 3 US adults may have an iron deficiency, study ...

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   Cogan’s own research, published last month, found that 58% of people diagnosed with iron deficiency had no resolution in their condition three years later, meaning they still did not have normal ...

8. Ferritin - Wikipedia

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   It is the primary intracellular iron-storage protein in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, keeping iron in a soluble and non-toxic form. In humans, it acts as a buffer against iron deficiency and iron overload. [3] Ferritin is found in most tissues as a cytosolic protein, but small amounts are secreted into the serum where it functions as an iron ...

9. Iron deficiency in adults may be more common than thought ...

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   An analysis of data from more than 8,000 adults in the U.S. revealed that 14% had low iron blood levels, a condition known as absolute iron deficiency, while 15% had the right iron levels but ...