In Egypt, Peru and Mexico, about half the women with anaemia are overweight or obese.
The authorities originally said that Mr Ashiri had died from complications resulting from sickle cell anaemia.
Early trials have shown promise in treating sickle-cell anaemia, a disease caused by a faulty haemoglobin gene.
If people with the disease continue to eat gluten they are likely to suffer from anaemia and lethargy.
There is no genetic test for Diamond-blackfan anaemia, because scientists do not yet know what genes cause it.
Sickle-cell anaemia, caused by genes protect against malaria, is the most famous example.
He gave the cause of death as brain damage caused by a severe lack of oxygen due to anaemia.
It is thought that the technique could now be adapted to treat patients with genetic diseases such as sickle cell anaemia.
You may also be offered a test for sickle cell anaemia or thalassemia if you are from a high risk group.
Alcohol abuse is associated with a wide range of medical conditions including heart disease, weak bones, epilepsy, anaemia and liver disease.
In long-term use it carries a one in 30, 000 risk of a serious side effect - the bone marrow disorder aplastic anaemia.
Women with both disease also had a higher risk of developing anaemia, miscarrying, having a low birth weight baby and delivering prematurely.
With this simple test, available in their own community, there is much greater likelihood of spotting and subsequently treating anaemia, he suggested.
These include aplastic anaemia and some other disorders of the bone marrow.
An early symptom of B12 deficiency is anaemia, but taking large amounts of folic acid treats the anaemia without treating the B12 deficiency.
Fortifying the food handed out by the PDS would be an economical and effective way to lower rates of anaemia and increase nutrition.
He went back to the hospital a number of times with breathing problems and anaemia but the scan was never reviewed, the solicitors said.
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Spokesman Dr Sarah Schenker said that while there was still some caution over anaemia in the elderly, overall the benefits would outweigh the risks.
"This device won't cure anaemia but it can have a dramatic impact in alerting people to the fact that they have a problem, " he added.
Some women are rhesus negative and they need to be given an injection after the baby is born to protect any future child from getting anaemia.
Poloxamer 188 has already been tested in humans with sickle cell anaemia and was found to be safe in the short term - 24 hours of use.
The test was designed to prevent women dying from anaemia and was designed to be easy for healthcare workers - often untrained - to use in the field.
Indeed, some experts argue that regular bleeding is a medical risk, leaving a woman open to such complications as endometriosis (abnormal growth of the uterine lining) and anaemia.
In the 1950s Anthony Allison, a British biochemist, observed that Africans who carry a single copy of the genetic mutation that causes sickle-cell anaemia are protected against malaria.
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Danedream was unable to defend her title due to an outbreak of equine infectious anaemia at the racing yard in the German city of Cologne where she is trained.
Testing for EPO directly is difficult because the synthetic version is almost indistinguishable from its natural form - a version of the hormone was originally created to treat severe anaemia.
Imani, who was a pupil at Fircroft Primary School in Tooting, suffered from sickle cell anaemia and had been given permission by the school for her extended trip to Jamaica.
Late last year, Jack and Lisa Nash, a Colorado couple, opted for the high-tech approach to avoid their new baby suffering from Fanconi anaemia, a rare inherited bone-marrow disease, which plagues their daughter.
Joe is the only person with Diamond Blackfan Anaemia in the Channel Islands and one of just 600-700 around the world, so for Mr Redmond the fundraising is as much about raising awareness as money.
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