Iron is an essential component fostering healthy infant growth and development. It plays a key role in producing hemoglobin, a protein contained in red blood cells, that is responsible for ...

Iron is an essential nutrient that significantly contributes to the growth and development of babies. Despite breast milk being the optimal source of iron for newborns, as they grow, their iron ...

Additionally, infants who are breastfed may need an iron supplement starting at four months until they consume enough ...

Background and aims: The iron regulatory hormone hepcidin has not been studied in infants, who experience large physiological changes in iron status. The objective was to study hepcidin and its ...

Background and aims: Iron absorption from infant formula is low. α-Lactalbumin and casein-glycomacropeptide are thought to enhance mineral absorption. We evaluated the effects of α-lactalbumin ...

There are about 30 to 40 branding spots on the belly and head of the child. A one-month-old baby boy was branded with a hot iron rod about 40 times to cure a disease in Odisha's Nabarangpur ...