Tiredness, headaches, leg cramps, coldness, loss of hair, increased bruising, decreased physical abilities and brain fog are symptoms that are too often dismissed as inevitable signs of ageing. However, these common complaints may actually signal iron deficiency and/or anaemia, conditions that are alarmingly common amongst the older population but are both preventable and treatable. …

Anaemia's alarming menstrual connection that women and medical practitioners don't think or talk about enough. Heavy menstrual bleeding is a leading cause of low iron stores and anaemia in young women. World Health Organisation statistics show that 43% of reproductive-age women in Sub-Saharan Africa suffer from iron-deficiency anaemia, and for many of them this…