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.
Franklin Roosevelt died while still in office 4/12/1945, Warm Springs, GA. After his death, Eleanor was appointed by President Truman to the US delegation in the United Nation General Assembly, a position she held until 1953. President Truman called her the 'First Lady of the World'.