Iron deficiency is prevalent among pregnant women, impacting health outcomes. This study emphasizes the importance of ...

One-third of women under 50 were likely to be iron-deficient, but it affected men and women at every age, the study found.

A new study has highlighted the high prevalence of iron deficiency among pregnant women. Researchers called for universal ...

Four out of five pregnant women will become deficient in an essential ... Testing was done at 15 weeks, 20 weeks and 33 weeks ...

"Maternal iron deficiency is associated with adverse ... "These were healthy Irish women from a high resource group of people, nonanemic and asymptomatic. Look at these numbers.

Screening pregnant women during their first trimester with a target ferritin concentration identify those at risk for iron deficiency.

While often thought of as a problem in low-resource settings, recent studies have documented iron deficiency rates of 33-42% among pregnant women in high-resource settings. Iron deficiency can ...

When a woman becomes pregnant, her iron requirements increase almost tenfold to support fetal development as well as her own ...

“In Cork, which is a high-resource setting,” the authors ... value and urgent need for strategies to identify women at risk of iron deficiency during pregnancy. Such strategies can play ...

A study of pregnant women in Ireland published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that “iron deficiency, defined by a variety of biomarkers and thresholds, was very common during ...

26, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Four out of five pregnant women will become ... “In this high-resource setting,” the researchers found that “iron deficiency defined by a variety of biomarkers ...