About one quarter of older men who were homozygous for the HFE C282Y mutation had clinically evident disease. Most clinical cases of hereditary hemochromatosis occur in people who are homozygous for ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband was diagnosed with hemochromatosis 13 months before he died. I recommended that his blood relatives get tested so they can get treatment early, if necessary. Some doctors ...

Q: What is hemochromatosis, and who is affected by it? A: Hemochromatosis is a condition that causes excess absorption of iron from the digestive tract. Over time, the excess iron accumulates in ...

Emily Cave Boit is opening up about a recent diagnosis and a months-long health journey that's been keeping her offline. The Barrie, Ont.-born writer and podcast host took to social media on Tuesday ...

Hereditary hemochromatosis (HHC) is a condition characterized by excess iron in body tissues, resulting in complications such as cirrhosis, cardiomyopathy, diabetes, and arthritis. These complications ...

Janice, 57, a Caucasian female went to her primary care physician because she was feeling tired all the time and her body was constantly aching and in pain. Her physician noticed Janice had developed ...

A telltale sign of the disease is skin that has turned bronze, an indication of iron accumulation in the skin that points to the onset of "bronze diabetes," an insulin-dependent form of diabetes. But ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: I read your column about liver cirrhosis and wish you would expound on hemochromatosis, which you mentioned. Both my children have it. My son is bled once weekly. He had a liver ...

LIVER tumors, usually hepatomas, are relatively frequent in cases of hepatic cirrhosis, occurring in approximately 3 or 4 per cent of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and in a somewhat higher ...

Dr. Keith Roach is a physician at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital. He writes an educational column on infectious diseases, public health and sports medicine. DEAR DR.