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[https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/iron-deficiency-even-mild-anemia-may-protect-against-malaria-tb-and-cancer/2014/11/24/d838bc94-5dfa-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html by Marta Zaraska 24/11/14 The Washington Post] | [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/iron-deficiency-even-mild-anemia-may-protect-against-malaria-tb-and-cancer/2014/11/24/d838bc94-5dfa-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html by Marta Zaraska 24/11/14 The Washington Post] | ||
Does such a statement sound weird to you? That’s to be expected: For years we’ve been told that anemia and iron deficiency are nothing short of evil. They should be treated as soon as possible, with any means possible: hence the 108-milligram iron pills sold in many pharmacies. | Does such a statement sound weird to you? That’s to be expected: For years we’ve been told that anemia and iron deficiency are nothing short of evil. They should be treated as soon as possible, with any means possible: hence the 108-milligram iron pills sold in many pharmacies. | ||
=====Malaria vaccine hailed as potential breakthrough===== | |||
[https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56858158 by Philippa Roxby 23/4/21 BBC] | |||
A malaria vaccine has proved to be 77% effective in early trials and could be a major breakthrough against the disease, says the University of Oxford team behind it. | |||
