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.
Answer Wiki. Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) and Theodore Roosevelt (TR) were 5th cousins. Their common ancestor, Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt, immigrated to America in about 1649. There was a family rivalry with TR and Eleanor being part of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts and FDR being part of the Hyde Park Roosevelts.