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 ...

*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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

The UK Government's current proposal to fortify one type of flour with folic acid is inadequate as it suggests a low dose that would fail to prevent hundreds of cases of severe birth defects each year ...

Women are gaining a new tool to help fight birth defects that will be found in products on the grocery store shelves. To promote increased consumption of folic acid among women of childbearing age, ...

Folate supports red blood cell production and helps prevent neural tube defects. You can take folic acid any time of ...

On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved folic acid fortification in corn masa flour, a flour derived from dried corn kernels and used to make corn tortillas and tamales. Folic acid, ...

The CDC is urging manufacturers of a type of flour used to make foods like tortillas and tamales to add folic acid to help lower the risk of some birth defects in the Hispanic population. The Centers ...

Nearly a decade ago, an anencephaly cluster in Benton, Franklin and Yakima counties made headlines. Anencephaly is a fatal congenital malformation where major parts of the brain and skull fail to form ...