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Iron Deficiency & Brain Development
JAMA Network Open has recently published the results of an imaging study detailing the association between iron deficiency (ID) without anemia and several markers of brain development among adolescents. ID without anemia is often defined by ferritin levels, though the cut-off is still a matter of debate; a ferritin < 15 ng/mL was the criterion…
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Iron Supplementation During Pregnancy
Results of a randomized and triple-blinded clinical trial were recently published in Nutrients, reporting the effects of varying doses of iron on fetal growth and development when given to pregnant women, stratified by their hemoglobin levels. Nearly 800 pregnant women living in Spain (the ECLIPSES study) were included. Beginning in the 12th week of pregnancy,…