Posts Tagged ‘folic acid’
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. Continue…
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 11:00 - 2 Comments
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 - 1 Comment
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 - 13 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…)
