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Anemia in pregnancy: an easily rectifiable problem.

April-June 2010 | Fluoride | Guest editorial | Susheela AK. | 43(2):104–107.
Although anemia (low hemoglobin) can be due to many different causes such as parasites, urinary tract infection, and malaria, in fact poor nutrition and excessive ingestion of a toxic agent like fluoride (F–) are probably more frequent causes in many countries and are often overlooked and neglected. In the case of pregnancy, iron deficiency is very common, affecting millions of women worldwide. Heavy bleeding during menses results in greater nutritional demands to maintain hemoglobin, but even

Thoracic myelopathy from coincident fluorosis and epidural lipomatosis

March 2010 | Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences | Kalia LV, Lee L, Kalia SK, Pirouzmand F, Rapoport MJ, Aviv RI, Mozeg D, Symons SP. | 37(2):276-8.
Skeletal fluorosis is rare in North America. It can present with back pain and extremity weakness. Immobilization of the spine and the extremity joints can occur. It is usually caused by abnormally increased oral fluoride intake over many years. Epidural lipomatosis is usually caused by idiopathic obesity or corticosteroid use. It has been linked to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Fluorosis and epidural lipomatosis are each rare causes of comp