http://www.lapislight.com/wp Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:17:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.lapislight.com/wp/2009/10/20/restless-legs-syndrome-iron/ http://www.lapislight.com/wp/2009/10/20/restless-legs-syndrome-iron/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:25:09 +0000 Dr. Jonathan http://www.lapislight.com/wp/?p=140 This study adds more evidence that functionally low iron is one of the causes of Restless Legs Syndrome. The investigators documented significant improvement in individuals if they had a low-normal serum ferritin to begin with. Interestingly, dopamine deficiency is another cause of RLS—low iron is among the factors that can cause insufficient dopamine production. RLS is a brain problem.

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