Iron may not be right in pregnancy
31 May 2007
Healthy pregnant women should consider their needs before taking iron supplements, according to a study carried out by Iranian scientists, and published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The researchers, at Tarbiat Modarres University, say high doses of iron are associated with blood pressure problems. The women whose red blood cell level was normal without the supplement showed more instances of high blood pressure than those in the other groupd given extra iron.