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Immigrant women may be at higher risk of having a baby with a birth defect
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Immigrant women are less likely to use folic acid supplements before pregnancy to prevent spina bifida, particularly those who recently immigrated to the country, according to a new study led by a St. Michael's Hospital physician ...
Study links folic acid supplements to asthma
Nov 04, 2009 |
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A University of Adelaide study may have shed light on the rise in childhood asthma in developed countries like Australia in recent decades.
Heart disease: B-vitamin pills have no effect
Oct 06, 2009 |
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B-vitamin supplements should not be recommended for prevention of heart disease, say scientists. A Cochrane Systematic Review has shown these supplements do not reduce the risk of developing or dying from the disease.
Folic acid to prevent congenital heart defects
May 14, 2009 |
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The Canadian policy of fortifying grain products with folic acid has already proved to be effective in preventing neural tube defects. The latest article published in the British Medical Journal by a group of researchers from t ...
Preconceptional folic acid supplements are associated with reduced risk of premature birth
May 12, 2009 |
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Taking folic acid supplements for at least a year before conception is associated with reduction in the risk of premature birth, according to a study by Radek Bukowski (from the University of Texas Medical Branch, United ...
Study finds folic acid supplements linked to higher risk of prostate cancer
Mar 10, 2009 |
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A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found that men who took a daily folic acid supplement of 1 mg daily had more than twice the risk of prostate cancer compared with men who took a placebo.
Folic acid cuts risk of cleft lip
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 26, 2007 |
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Taking folic acid supplements in early pregnancy seems to substantially reduce the risk of cleft lip, finds a new study published in the British Medical Journal.
Folic acid cuts risk of premature birth
Feb 01, 2008 |
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A U.S study suggests that women who take folic acid supplements before they become pregnant can cut their risk of having a premature baby by half.
Multivitamin use not associated with women's risk of cancer, heart disease or death
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Postmenopausal women who take multivitamins appear to have the same risk of most common cancers, cardiovascular disease or dying of any cause as women who do not take multivitamin supplements, according to a report in the ...
Multivitamins in pregnancy reduce risk of low birth weights
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Prenatal multivitamin supplements are associated with a significantly reduced risk of babies with a low birth weight compared with prenatal iron-folic acid supplementation, found a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Jo ...
New approach discovered to lowering triglycerides
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Studies done with laboratory rats suggest that supplementation of their diet with lipoic acid had a significant effect in lowering triglycerides, which along with cholesterol levels and blood pressure are ...
Herbal Science-brand supplements recalled
Apr 14, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of 12 Herbal Science-brand dietary supplements because they might present a health hazard.
Maternal exposure to folic acid antagonists increases risks
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Exposure to folic acid antagonists during pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of placenta-mediated adverse outcomes such as preeclampsia, placental abruption, fetal growth restriction or fetal death reports a retrospective ...
Adding folic acid to bread could help in the fight against depression
Jun 26, 2007 |
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A unique study by researchers at the University of York and Hull York Medical School has confirmed a link between depression and low levels of folate, a vitamin which comes from vegetables.
Study finds widespread vitamin and mineral use among cancer survivors
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Use of vitamin and mineral supplements among cancer survivors is widespread, despite inconclusive evidence that such use is beneficial, according to a comprehensive review of scientific literature conducted by researchers ...
