Editorial: Navigating the rough seas of anemia; caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

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Editorial: Navigating the rough seas of anemia; caught between the devil and the deep blue sea Scylla and Charybdis were mythical sea monsters that were on opposite sides of the Strait of Messina between Sicily and Italy. Scylla was a sixheaded sea monster on the Italian side of the strait and Charybdis was a whirlpool off the coast of Sicily. They were located close enough to each other that they posed a mortal threat to passing sailors; avoiding Charybdis meant passing too close to Scylla and vice versa. Odysseus, inGreek mythology was forced to choose which monster to confront while passing through the strait; he opted to pass by Scylla and lose only a few sailors, rather than lose his entire ship in the whirlpool. 1 Often in