It is important to remove the unnecessary iron before damage can occur. Iron reduction is accomplished with chelation therapy, which is the removal of iron pharmacologically with an iron-chelating agent such as desferrioxamine, brand name Desferal or deferasirox, brand name Exjade.
Future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt weds his fifth cousin once removed, Eleanor Roosevelt, in New York on this day in 1905.
Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of First Lady forever, elevating it from that of a wife to a leader. She was widely regarded as FDRâs equal and fought passionately for the causes she believed in, like the New Deal, civil rights, and equal rights for women. After the White House, she served on the board of directors of the NAACP, participated in founding the UN, and helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.