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Premature births lower in women taking folic acid  -  25 Mar 2008
GlobalTV,It is important for women to get enough of it before and during a pregnancy to prevent major birth defects called neural tube defects including spina bifida

Folate may boost male fertility  -  Mar 23, 2008
Boston Globe,...was established after several studies recognized that pregnant women who took the vitamin were less likely to have babies with neural tube defects.

Folic Acid in the Food Supply Reduces Birth Defects, but May Cause ...  -  Mar 3, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),The effort is paying off: the rate of neural tube defects is down by 30%. But there's also evidence that the added folic acid is contributing to colorectal

Folic acid fortification: reduces birth defects, but may cause ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
Gather.com,There's abundant evidence that women who take folic acid supplements during the very early stages of pregnancy can prevent neural tube defects such as spina

Extra Folate for Men May Reduce Birth Defects  -  Mar 20, 2008
MedPage Today,Maternal folate intake has been linked to neural tube defects, such as spina bifida or anencephaly. To reduce risk of these defects, the government requires

Many Women of Childbearing Age Missing Folic Acid Message  -  Mar 4, 2008
Health Behavior News ServiceTaking folic acid can help prevent specific neural tube defects, according to the March of Dimes. The neural tube is an embryonic structure that develops

Study links folate with healthier sperm  -  Mar 20, 2008
NutraIngredients.com,The US and Canada made the addition of the vitamin to bread mandatory in 1998 in order to reduce the number of pregnancies affected by neural tube defects.

Folate Seen As Protecting From Abnormal Sperm  -  Mar 21, 2008
News Locale,FRIDAY, Mar 21, (News Locale) - Women of childbearing age are advised to consume the vitamin folate so as to avoid neural tube defects in their new born

Folate 'may keep sperm healthy'  -  Mar 19, 2008
BBC News,Campaigners say it would significantly cut the risk of neural tube defects such as spina bifida, but those against the move say some research has raised

Risk of cancer might lie in genes  -  Mar 22, 2008
Greenwood Index Journal,...a pediatric focus, offering parents early detection of development disorders and conditions such as mental retardation, neural tube defects and autism.

UNH offers vitamins with folic acid: To help prevent birth defects  -  Feb 29, 2008
Foster's Daily Democrat,..."The number of neural tube defects may be reduced by as much as 70 percent with the daily consumption of folic acid," said Mary Ann Cooney, director of the

Folic acid boosts prospect of fatherhood, study claims  -  Mar 19, 2008
Guardian,...is essential for development and a deficiency during the early stages of pregnancy can lead to neural tube defects in the baby, including spina bifida.

Cancer fears delay adding folic acid to bread  -  Mar 3, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,The number of neural tube defects in babies in those countries has fallen by between 25 and 50 per cent and there has been no rise in the number of elderly

Folic acid improves a man's chance of becoming a father  -  Mar 21, 2008
News-Medical.net,...is essential for development and a deficiency during the early stages of pregnancy can lead to neural tube defects in the baby, including spina bifida.

Study finds folate breast cancer link  -  Mar 13, 2008
NutraIngredients.com,Fortification is being considered because of the B vitamin's ability to prevent neural tube defects. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study

CRUCIAL TO DEVELOPMENT: EATING FOR TWO  -  Mar 12, 2008
Las Vegas Review - Journal,Michelman noted that folate is most crucial in avoiding neural tube defects. The neural tube, she said -- essentially the spinal cord and brain -- is formed

Folic acid link to healthier sperm  -  Mar 20, 2008
Irish Health,...to take a folic acid supplement of 400 micrograms per day, as it reduces the risk of babies being born with neural tube defects, such as spina bifida.

Folic Acid linked with Healthier Sperm in New Study  -  Mar 21, 2008
HealthJockey.com,...of folate (a B vitamin) is essential for development and a deficiency during the early stages of pregnancy can lead to neural tube defects in the baby.

Dads-to-Be May Need Folate, Too  -  Mar 20, 2008
WebMD...acid in supplement form) already is a must-have nutrient for women of childbearing age because it reduces the chances of neural tube defects in babies.

Multivitamins: The new spin that claims they are killers  -  Mar 20, 2008
What Doctors Don't Tell You,Folic acid prevents clefts - Expectant mothers are already encouraged to take folic acid from one month before birth to help prevent neural tube defects.

Metabolism of Oral Contraceptives  -  Mar 19, 2008
Psychosomatics (subscription)13 Carbamazepine can both render OCs ineffective and cause fetal neural tube defects. 14,15 Topiramate (above 200 mg/day) 16 and felbamate may also induce

My baby, right or wrong  -  Mar 9, 2008
Guardian,Today, prenatal screening for foetal anomalies, neural tube defects, Down's syndrome, sickle cell and thalassemia disorders are offered as standard.

Chicory Challenge launches recipe book  -  Feb 26, 2008
FreshPlaza,Folic acid has been shown to reduce the risk of neural tube defects such as spina bifida. Women are advised to start taking folic acid supplements,

Donâ€™t pop in too many A, B, Cs....  -  Mar 15, 2008
Sunday Times.lk,Out of B vitamins, folic acid is commonly prescribed by obstetricians to pregnant mothers to prevent neural tube defects in the foetus.

Package seal will signal food's folic acid content  -  Feb 27, 2008
Chicago Tribune,A deficiency can result in neural tube defects such as spina bifida, in which vertebrae don't enclose the spine correctly. (The US Public Health Service

Folic Acid Action Raises Concerns Over the FSA's Line on Folic ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
Earthtimes,Folic acid is a key nutrient in helping to prevent neural tube defects (NTD) such as spina bifida, where the spine fails to develop properly and leaves the

Multivitamins â€” Are they the best thing for you?  -  Mar 6, 2008
MayoClinic.com...are studies to support the use of folate (folic acid) prior to and during pregnancy in the prevention of neural tube defects in the developing fetus.

Cancer fears delay folic acid decision  -  Mar 4, 2008
BakeryAndSnacks.com,...some have heralded this as a way to lower the number of births affected by neural tube defects (NTDs), which affects around 900 pregnancies a year.

Tropical fruit holds key to helping sweet-toothed diabetics  -  Feb 29, 2008
FoodNavigator-USA,..."I think of it like the addition of folate to flour to tackle neural tube defects. Folate was there right in front of us, and we just needed to make the

Get the Nutrients You Need  -  Feb 28, 2008
Mother Earth News,Pregnant women who get too little folic acid increase the chances that their babies will be born with neural tube defects such as spina bifida and

Multivitamin may up prostate cancer risk  -  Feb 27, 2008
United Press International...products in the 1990s to help prevent neural tube defects in infants -- may have contributed to an increase in colorectal cancers in the mid-1990s.

Novel insights into intestinal and renal folate transport. Focus ...  -  14 Feb 2008
AJP - Cell Physiology (subscription)Symptoms of deficiency are severe and include megoblastic anemia and neural tube defects in children. Mammals must absorb folate from the diet, because they

Dietetic students work to prevent neural tube defects in babies ...  -  Feb 12, 2008
Appalachian State University,Folic Acid Campaign, the Appalachian Student Dietetic Association (ASDA) at Appalachian State University is helping prevent neural tube defects.

Preexisting Medical Conditions-Pregnancy  -  Feb 7, 2008
American Chronicle,During your pregnancy it is important that you are screened early for neural tube defects, with a blood test or an ultrasound scan.

Doctor's orders with Dr. Stephen Ponder  -  Feb 4, 2008
Corpus Christi Caller Times,The nutritional state of the mother is known to contribute to these neural tube defects and is prevented by taking folic acid before conception.

... healthier babies  -  Jan 21, 2008
News & Observer,An effort supported by state lawmakers has produced a significant drop in neural tube defects in infants. That arcane medical term has terrible real-life

Vitamin toxicity  -  Feb 12, 2008
TamilStar.com,For example, moderate supplements of folic acid appear to reduce the risk for certain birth defects (neural tube defects), and possibly reduce the risk of

March of Dimes encourages women to take folic acid  -  Feb 4, 2008
Stamford Advocate,Neural-tube defects - such as spina bifida, which affects development of the spinal cord - occur in the first 28 days of pregnancy, often before a woman

More women need folic acid supplements: US experts  -  Jan 16, 2008
Tehran Times,...folic acid daily to reduce their risk of having a pregnancy affected by birth defects called neural tube defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly.

Centralia College Kicks Off Health Series  -  Feb 12, 2008
Centralia Chronicle,That can mean more premature babies, more neural tube defects and bigger babies.â€? While she hasnâ€™t had her practice long enough in Centralia to notice

Favourable outlook for folate fanciers  -  Jan 15, 2008
Gold Coast News,With around 500 pregnancies in Australia every year affected by the problem of neural tube defects, it's a relevant issue to target.

Women Taking Nutrient Lower Early Birth Risk by 70 Percent: Study  -  Jan 31, 2008
ABC NewsIt is important for women to get enough of it before and during a pregnancy to prevent major birth defects called neural tube defects including spina bifida

New Folic Acid Seal Helps Women Choose Enriched Grain Foods to ...  -  Jan 14, 2008
Nutrition horizon (press release),Daily consumption of folic acid beginning before pregnancy is crucial because birth defects of the brain and spine known as neural tube defects (NTDs),

Folic acid's trade-offs of concern  -  Jan 27, 2008
Baltimore Sun,As many as 1000 newborns a year in the United States - and many more elsewhere - have been spared so-called neural tube defects because their mothers got a

Folic acid may cut premature births  -  Jan 31, 2008
Times of India,Doctors have long recommended that women planning a family take folic acid supplements to reduce the risk of neural tube defects, including spinal bifida,

UNICEF warns against end of Indonesia flour fortification  -  Feb 8, 2008
AFP...for morbidity and mortality, impaired mental and physical development as well as higher prevalence of neural tube defects at birth," UNICEF added.

Science stacks up for B vitamins and pregnancy  -  Jan 25, 2008
NutraIngredients.com,Folic acid supplements after this time are too late to prevent neural tube defects and therefore fail to benefit women with unplanned pregnancies - more

Eating healthy does a body good  -  Jan 30, 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution,But adding this nutrient to enriched flour has contributed to a 26 percent decline in neural tube defects, which are disorders of an infant's spine and

Healthy babies  -  Jan 26, 2008
Daily News Journal (subscription),Simply increasing the intake of folic acid can reduce the risk of certain birth defects of the brain and spine called NTDs, or neural tube defects.

Should Bipolar Medication Be Halted During Pregnancy?  -  Jan 18, 2008
Psychiatric News,..."Especially in the case of neural tube defects with the use of anticonvulsants, the window of greatest concern is very early in pregnancy," said Freeman.

Seal helps you scout folic acid  -  Jan 29, 2008
MiamiHerald.com,It has been 10 years since folic acid fortification began and the incidence of neural tube defects has declined by 26 percent. This is great but it could be

Could the pregnancy vitamin help men beat depression?  -  Jan 21, 2008
Daily Mail,Research shows it can lower the chances of neural tube defects, including spina bifida, where the spine is incorrectly developed, by up to 70 per cent.

Field evidence: Bt Corn and mycotoxin reduction  -  Feb 7, 2008
Checkbiotech.org (press release),Because FB1 reduces uptake of folate in different cell lines, fumonisin consumption has been implicated in connection with neural tube defects in human

Babies of fat women face problems at birth  -  Feb 6, 2008
PakTribune.com,Such babies also have a higher incidence of neural tube defects, according to a position paper of the Public Affairs Committee of the Teratology Society,

Folic Acid Essential To Development Of Baby  -  Jan 16, 2008
Central Florida News 13|,About 3000 babies are born with neural tube defects every year -- a number that doctors say could drop by as much as 70 percent if moms got enough folic

Folic-acid linked to less pregnancy complications  -  Feb 4, 2008
NutraIngredients.com,The results add to the well-established benefits of the vitamin that links folate deficiency in early pregnancy to increased risk of neural tube defects

Folate in 2nd trimester helps prevent preeclampsia  -  Feb 1, 2008
TamilStar.com,Current guidelines recommend 4 mg or 5 mg of folic acid for women who have high-risk pregnancies or are at risk for neural tube defects, such as spina

SMFM: Preconceptional Folate Reduces Preterm Birth Risk by 50% to 70%  -  Jan 31, 2008
MedPage Today,Folate supplementation also reduces the risk of neural tube defects. Speculating about a potential common pathway influenced by folic acid, Dr. Bukowski

Canadian group wants nutritional pulses on the menu  -  Jan 31, 2008
NutraIngredients-usa.com,...linked folate deficiency in early pregnancy to increased risk of neural tube defects (NTD) - most commonly spina bifida and anencephaly - in infants.

Case 4-2008 â€” A 33-Year-Old Pregnant Woman with Swelling of the ...  -  Jan 30, 2008
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),...and fetal aneuploidy were negative, and quadruple-marker screening confirmed low risks for fetal aneuploidy and neural-tube defects.

Cheerios snacks don't compare to chips  -  Jan 30, 2008
Daily Press,Stonyfield fortified the yogurt with folic acid (helps prevent neural tube defects, such as spina bifida), vitamin D (helps prevent pre-eclampsia),

Gordon's smokescreen  -  Jan 28, 2008
OnMedica,...such as in breast, cervical and bowel cancer, diabetic retinopathy and antenatal screening for neural tube defects and Downâ€™s syndrome.

Review rejects antioxidants' pre-eclampsia benefits  -  Jan 23, 2008
NutraIngredients.com,...child-bearing age, should continue to eat folic acid-rich or fortified foods and/or take folic acid supplements to reduce the risk of neural tube defects.

Folic acid supplements may protect mom during pregnancy, too  -  Jan 21, 2008
Heart and Stroke Foundation (press release),...take a multivitamin with folic acid before conception and throughout the entire pregnancy to protect the fetus from neural tube defects (spina bifida).

Preconception Medical Care  -  Jan 21, 2008
American Chronicle,You need to take folic acid supplements to reduce the risk of neural tube defects in your baby. If you have a weight problem, you should address this before

Pregnancy And Adequate Nutrition  -  Jan 15, 2008
American Chronicle,Folic acid and Foliate are essential to prevent neural tube defects and various other abnormalities, associated with the brain and the spinal cord.

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