Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent study finds that 40% of young women and girls are iron deficient, but their symptoms are often dismissed by doctors.

Nearly four out of every 10 teen girls and young women in the US have an iron deficiency, which can lead to low energy and brain fog, a new study published in JAMA found. To conduct the study, ...

Fatigue, irritability and poor concentration in teenage girls may sometimes signal low iron levels rather than routine teenage stress. Dr Prashanth B explains why iron deficiency is common in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Iron deficiency affected almost 40% of females aged 12 to 21 years and iron-deficiency anemia affected about 6%.