Results Of 371 patients (ages 5–58y, mean 24y), 93% were transfused and 92% receiving chelation (26% deferoxamine (DFO; a slow subcutaneous infusion via portable pump), 63% oral, 11% combination).

About 18,000 Americans are diagnosed with a new case of oropharyngeal cancer each year, with a UK head, neck and thyroid surgeon pointing the finger at oral sex. Oropharyngeal cancer is a type of ...

In some cases, your healthcare provide may recommend chelation therapy, which involves either taking an oral medication or receiving an injection of a medicine that helps remove the heavy metals from ...

While growing evidence suggests that there’s a link between blood iron levels and the development of Alzheimer’s disease, new ...

Oncologists are increasingly looking at oral sex as a primary driver of an 'epidemic' of throat cancers. Rates of a specific type - known as oropharyngeal cancer - have been rising since the ...

Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DO Ferritin is a protein that stores iron for your body. Iron is a mineral needed to ...

When dentists look inside your mouth, they’re not just looking for cavities. They’re looking for gum disease and oral cancers, as well as assessing the overall health of the millions of bacteria, ...

HIV cannot be sexually transmitted by an HIV-positive partner with a fully suppressed viral load. The risk of getting HIV through oral sex is low, but not non-existent, when a person with HIV does not ...

Iron chelation therapy: Medications that help remove excess iron from the body can be beneficial in cases of iron overload.

Smoking and other tobacco use can cause oral health problems like gum disease and tooth decay. Tooth decay is the destruction of tooth structure and can affect both the enamel and the dentin layer ...

Oral presentation shares head-to-head results for investigational combination pozelimab plus cemdisiran vs. ravulizumab in paroxysmal nocturnal ...

To test for differences in beliefs regarding transfusion vs. chelation and DFO vs. oral chelation, t-tests were used; participants on combination chelation (both DFO and oral) were excluded from ...