122 results found for: Iron

Iron is a necessary nutrient, and low levels in the diet, faulty absorption, or excessive bleeding can cause low levels of iron, leading to anemia, cognitive

Not long ago I wrote an article about how iron accumulation, that is, body stores of iron, could be an important cause of the maladies of

A couple of my recent articles have been devoted to the topic of iron and its involvement in many disease states and in aging itself. (See

As I’ve written about extensively, accumulating iron looks like a very good candidate for the primary driver of aging. It follows that lowering iron or preventing

This article adds to the discussion of my previous articles on iron and how its accumulation drives aging and disease. Please see them for fuller explanations of the

Iron: is there anything bad that it can’t do? Now there’s evidence that iron is involved in the wrinkles in skin that come with age. Since

Iron, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s Iron in the brain plays an important and perhaps leading role in both Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases as well as in aging generally.

I recently wrote about how excess iron accumulates in the skin of older, post-menopausal women, and this may be the cause of wrinkled skin. This post

Increased body iron correlates with aging, and an increased susceptibility to infections is also related to aging. Coincidence? No, excess body iron increases infections. Competition for