What Is an Iron Infusion? Iron is a mineral your body needs to make hemoglobin, the part of red blood cells that carries oxygen to all your organs and tissues. An iron infusion is a treatment for low ...

This product goes further than others that only tests iron levels. By measuring ferritin levels, it looks at the amount of overall iron storage and whether a person has normal iron levels. This test ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 65-year-old woman who was recently diagnosed with iron deficiency and sent to a hematologist for two sessions of iron infusion. After completing this procedure, I found out from ...

Shannon Wood Rothenberg walked into her annual physical feeling fine. But more than a year later, she's still paying the price. Routine bloodwork from that spring 2018 medical visit suggested ...

Exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increased substantially following a single IV iron infusion, a researcher reported. With patients' tolerance for ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Shannon Wood Rothenberg walked into ...