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- A fourfold increase in iron-deficiency anemia, evidenced by a bone condition
A Historic Shift 2008
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Hunter-gatherers had better bones, had no signs of iron-deficiency anemia, no signs of infection, few if any dental cavities, fewer signs of arthritis and were in general larger and more robust than their agriculture-following contemporaries.
Nutrition and health in agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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I was examining a patient recently, and when I got to her nails, I asked, “Do you have iron-deficiency anemia?”
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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If you are a woman who is menstruating, you may want to take a multivitamin with iron so you do not run the chance of developing iron-deficiency anemia because of the iron loss from your periods each month.
THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009
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The classic sign of iron-deficiency anemia presents as a couple of conditions seen in the skull called porotic hyperostosis and cribra orbitalia.
Nutrition and health in agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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I was examining a patient recently, and when I got to her nails, I asked, “Do you have iron-deficiency anemia?”
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Maternal short stature and iron-deficiency anaemia that account for one-fifth of maternal mortality can be attributed to poor nutrition.
Archive 2009-04-01 Srijit Mishra 2009
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And half the cases of serious iron-deficiency anemia occurred in children at Hardin Village.
Nutrition and health in agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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If you are a woman who is menstruating, you may want to take a multivitamin with iron so you do not run the chance of developing iron-deficiency anemia because of the iron loss from your periods each month.
THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009
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The high prevalence of childhood infection, severity of growth arrest in the first few years of life, and the existence of iron-deficiency anemia all point to a situation at Hardin Village analogous to those in modern peasant villages.
Nutrition and health in agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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