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1 pill that can save babies from neural tube defects

Prof Smriti Agrawal of KGMU gynecology department explained the science behind the prevention. "Folic acid is crucial for proper development of neural tube in very early stage of pregnancy," she said.
Southeast Missourian

Health beat: Folic acid helps prevent neural tube defects

Jan. 5 through11 is National Folic Acid Awareness Week Folic acid is a B vitamin. If a woman consumes the recommended amount of folic acid before and during early pregnancy, it can help prevent some ...

New Law Forces Tortillas To Have Extra Ingredient

The requirement aims to increase folic acid consumption, particularly among pregnant women from certain demographic groups.
Healio

USPSTF finalizes recommendation on daily folic acid intake to prevent neural tube defects

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One study found a reduced risk for neural tube defects when folic acid was used before and during pregnancy. The ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

New nutrient helps prevent birth defect, WU researchers find In the Lab • Inositol gets a response in some cases where folate does not.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Folate has long been touted as an important nutrient in helping prevent birth defects, but new research confirms the importance ...
News Medical

Hispanic births with neural tube defects not significantly reduced after voluntary folic acid fortification of corn masa flour

"Well over half of neural tube defects can be prevented with sufficient folic acid consumption before conception and in early pregnancy," said senior author Sandi Lam, MD, MBA, Division Head of ...
technologynetworks

Mandatory Fortification of Corn Masa Flour May Help To Prevent Birth Defects in Hispanic Population

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated folic acid fortification of all enriched cereal grains in 1996, and this regulation resulted in a reduction of neural tube defect (NTD)–affected ...
CMAJ

Incidence of open neural tube defects in Nova Scotia after folic acid fortification

Background: With the goal of preventing open neural tube defects (NTDs), recommendations for folic acid supplementation before conception were introduced in Canada in 1994, and by November 1998 ...
Aidsmap

US study confirms no increased risk of neural tube defects after taking dolutegravir in pregnancy

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Why there’s so much fear around folic acid being added to bread – and what the science actually says

Here, a dietitian talks us through the science behind the new policy that makes folic acid fortification mandatory in ...
London Evening Standard

Calls to increase folic acid levels in flour ‘to prevent more birth defects’

Proposals to fortify some flours with a vitamin which prevents babies from developing a life-threatening spinal condition do not go far enough, leading medics have warned as they said the health ...