Posts Tagged ‘folic acid’
Team finds loophole in folic acid protection
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — A missing enzyme could explain why folic acid supplements don’t always prevent neural tube defects in developing embryos. Continue…
Friday, January 18, 2013 12:04 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jun 15, 2012 15:48 - 0 Comments
Folate in early pregnancy may ease autism risk
UC DAVIS (US) — Women who consume the recommended daily dosage of folic acid during the first month of pregnancy may have a reduced risk of having a child with autism. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 21, 2012 11:55 - 0 Comments
Study links folic acid to fewer cancers in kids
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Fortifying foods with folic acid may reduce the incidence of the most common type of kidney cancer and a type of brain tumor in children, say researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 4, 2011 11:00 - 2 Comments
Folates may treat deadly muscular disorder
CORNELL (US) — A nutrition-based therapy using B vitamins may be an effective way to treat a syndrome that causes myopathies and that can be fatal in children. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 17, 2011 14:36 - 0 Comments
Gene hitched to neural birth defects
CORNELL (US) — Consumption of folic acid before and during pregnancy can reduce the risk of spina bifida and anencephaly by up to 70 percent. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 23, 2010 11:13 - 2 Comments
Kids achieve more if moms ‘pump’ iron
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — In developing countries where iron deficiency is a problem, schoolchildren whose mothers took iron and folic acid supplements during pregnancy did better than their peers on intellectual and fine motor skills tests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 23, 2009 13:47 - 18 Comments
Folic acid: Too much of a good thing?
UC DAVIS (US)—Taking folic acid, unless specifically advised by a physician, should be avoided because at elevated levels it may aggravate metabolic complications associated with vitamin B-12 deficiency, leading to anemia and neurological damage, a new study finds. (more…)
