Sideroblastic anemia refers to a rare type of anemia in which a person’s iron levels remain high. If a person has sideroblastic anemia, their bone marrow does not use iron in the usual way when it ...

Think of your red blood cells as the transport system that carries oxygen to your body’s tissues. When you have anemia, your body doesn’t make enough red blood cells, or these cells don’t work as well ...

If you have anemia, chances are there’s not enough iron inside your blood cells. That lack of iron -- the most common form of anemia -- means you’re also not producing enough hemoglobin, the protein ...