25. May 2009 19:17
Women of childbearing age can reduce the risk of having a child born with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida by eating enough folate or folic acid. However, folate prevents only about 70 percent of these defects.
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12. May 2009 07:21
Women who take folic acid supplements for at least one year before they become pregnant may cut their risk of having a premature baby by half, according to research published this week in the online journal, PLOS Medicine.
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12. May 2009 02:44
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 States of America) and colleagues, published in this week's PLoS Medicine.
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24. November 2008 03:51
British scientists from Imperial College London say women who are exposed to hairspray in the workplace during pregnancy have more than double the risk of having a son with the genital birth defect hypospadias.
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21. November 2008 22:44
Women who are exposed to hairspray in the workplace during pregnancy have more than double the risk of having a son with the genital birth defect hypospadias, according to a new study published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
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5. April 2007 22:19
Each year an estimated 20 million children are born with low birth weight worldwide, more than 95% of them in developing countries.
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Posted in: Drug Trial News
Tags: Birth Weight, Diabetes, Folate supplement, Malaria, Maternal Health, Nutrition, Pregnancy, Premature Birth, Prophylaxis, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Zinc
13. December 2004 06:40
Preliminary data published in the BMJ suggest that folate supplementation during pregnancy may increase a mother's long-term risk of breast cancer. Although this may be a chance finding, the results require confirmation, say the authors.
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Posted in: Women's Health News
Tags: Blood Pressure, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Folate supplement, Folic Acid, Pregnancy, Smoking, Smoking Addiction, Stress, Stress Related
15. September 2004 23:15
The number of babies with spina bifida or similar abnormalities has declined by over 40 per cent since 1995, Australia's Minister for Health, Bronwyn Pike, said yesterday.
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28. March 2004 20:31
A simple dietary supplement may not only give relief to some of the more than 400,000 New Zealanders that suffer from the pain of migraine headaches, but may also help to prevent strokes.
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