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03/31/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Young man with end stage heart failure found to have too much iron in his blood; successfully reversed with chelation therapy

A recent case study involving a young Serbian man with end-stage heart failure has shed new light on the potential of chelation therapy to fully remediate certain serious health conditions without the need for major surgery. Published in the Journal of Medical Case Reports, the paper focuses specifically on juvenile hemochromatosis, a rare genetic disorder […]

01/02/2018 / By Zoey Sky

How safe are blood transfusions? Some experts warn of potentially deadly side effects

Blood transfusions have revolutionized medicine, but the National Health Service (NHS) in the U.K., which performs at least two million transfusions annually, is worried about the “love of blood” healthcare professionals seem to have. Love of blood refers to the dangers that accompany unnecessary transfusions, which occurs in at least one in five cases. According to a Dutch study, […]

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