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1. Managing Hemochromatosis - US News and World Report
The key to managing hemochromatosis is regulating iron levels.
2. Hemochromatosis : Prevention  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Screening family members of a person diagnosed with hemochromatosis may detect the disease early so that treatment can be started before organ damage has occurred in other affected relatives.• Reviewer: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
3. Hemochromatosis : Prevention  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Screening for hemochromatosis is cost effective, particularly for certain groups of people. Relatives of patients with hemochromatosis-including children, siblings, and parents-should be tested by the most appropriate method. The best screening me...• Author: Michelle Q. Bosworth MS, CGC

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4. Hemochromatosis -- Information from Harvard Medical School
A liver transplant is sometimes necessary for people with advanced liver failure, and people with hemochromatosis and cirrhosis of the liver are more likely to develop a form of liver cancer called hepatoma.
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/10114.html#prevent
5. Iron Overload, Public Health, and Genetics: Evaluating the Evidence for Hemochromatosis Screening...
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio. Prevention and the National Institutes of Health in...
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/129/11_Part_2/971?maxtoshow=&HITS=10...
6. What This Test Tells You @ DNADirect.com -- Genetic Testing
Genes + Knowledge = Prevention. Hemochromatosis, or iron overload, develops after many years of absorbing too much iron. If you have a gene for hereditary hemochromatosis, you can take action to prevent or stop the symptoms of iron overload.
http://www.dnadirect.com/patients/tests/hemochromatosis/what.jsp
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