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.
When Franklin and Eleanor married, Teddy Roosevelt gave the bride away. In fact, the wedding date itself was selected with the sitting president in mind: March 17, 1905, when he was already scheduled to be in New York for the St. Patrickâs Day parade.