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People with haemochromatosis — a condition where the body stores too much iron — actually have fewer heart problems than expected, which is surprising and suggests iron might somehow protect the heart.

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Even though people with this genetic condition have too much iron, their bodies also lower bad cholesterol, which protects their hearts — and this study figured out how that happens.

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