Doctors urge folic acid progress
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A group of doctors urges the UK government to proceed with the folic-acid fortification of flour.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Fortifying foods like flour, pasta and cornmeal with folic acid markedly reduces the number of infants born with neural tube defects like spina bifida, finds a new study in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
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By increasing the daily intake of folate, women can significantly lower their risk of developing high blood pressure, according to a report presented at the American Heart Association&#39;s annual High Blood Pressure Research Conference in Chicago.
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An "extremely high" proportion  of pregnant women living in the northern United States, and  their newborns, have insufficient vitamin D levels, and taking  prenatal vitamins may not increase vitamin D levels adequately.
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Medical officials are urging families to talk not just turkey this Thanksgiving but also medical history -- generations of it -- to help
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Every pregnant woman with quality prenatal care knows: folic acid is the first and most important nutrient for your baby. In fact, increasing your consumption of folic acid before you get pregnant - even if
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Folic acid supplements, widely used by women to prevent birth defects, also may fight hypertension in women, perhaps because they relax blood vessels, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Dutch doctors called on Sunday for greater use of oral anticoagulants to prevent strokes in people with a common heart arrhythmia.
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Taking folic acid supplements late into pregnancy may increase a mother's risk of breast cancer, research suggests.
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Folic acid supplements, widely used by  women to prevent birth defects, also may fight hypertension in  women, perhaps because they relax blood vessels, researchers  said on Tuesday.
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Can taking folic acid supplements reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke? British researchers believe it can.
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The results of a new study suggest that doctors should take preventive action to treat some children for heart disease.
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Doctors are calling for routine screening of pregnant women for toxoplasmosis, which can cause blindness and brain damage in newborns.
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Women who take folic acid supplements for at least a year before becoming pregnant can greatly reduce their risk of delivering a baby prematurely, researchers said on Thursday.
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Scientists move closer to a predictive test for the dangerous pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia.
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Technicians of the Health Ministry have started this month to collect blood samples from pregnant women, for a study on the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis &quot;B&quot; and Syphilis, throughout the country, reads a press note released by the World Health