However, researchers also found that study participants who had higher baseline consumption of antioxidants, vitamins, iron-chelating nutrients, and polyunsaturated fatty acids presented ...

Along with heavy metal poisoning, Roach says chelation therapy is also sometimes used when you have “iron overload”—when the body has too much iron and can’t get rid of it naturally.

The chelator deferiprone (Ferriprox) decreased brain iron accumulation but accelerated cognitive deterioration in early Alzheimer's disease. (JAMA Neurology) The investigational anti-tau antibody ...

Copper chelation shows promising results in certain lung cancers where cells have two related phenomena: a heightened transcription factor responding to oxidative stress and a diminished level of ...