Dolutegravir is a preferred medication for treating HIV infection, but it recently has been linked to a 6- to 9-fold increase in the risk for neural tube defects among babies born to mothers receiving ...

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 ...

It has been known for some time that folic acid is vital to a healthy pregnancy, although researchers have been unsure exactly what the underlying physiological mechanisms of this requirement are. New ...

Dolutegravir is a preferred medication for treating HIV infection, but it recently has been linked to a 6- to 9-fold increase in the risk for neural tube defects among babies born to mothers receiving ...

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 ...

A number of states are considering legislation requiring food makers to add folic acid to corn masa flour in a bid to tackle ...

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 ...

In making its recommendations for an appropriate intake of folic acid, the Policy and Practice Guidelines Committee did not consider the modeled calculations published by Wald et al. 4 in 2001, ...

A multi-institutional research team has developed a novel folic acid-resistant neural tube defect mouse model of the human condition by silencing the Slc25a32 gene, and, in most of the mutant mice, ...

A California state law passed in January that required food makers to add folic acid to corn masa flour. An afterthought for ...