Folic acid consumption has declined in the U.S.
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NEW YORK  - While folic acid consumption by women of childbearing age in the U.S. increased substantially after the fortification of enriched-grain foods was mandated in 1998, it has since dropped, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
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PAAIN - Routinely adding folic acid to foods like flour and pasta would significantly reduce the number of babies born with birth defects such as spina bifida, research showed.
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Recent research shows that antioxidant vitamins may not be as powerful as once thought.
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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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Women who take folic acid during pregnancy may increase their risk of breast cancer in later life, a new study suggests. The unexpected findings cast doubt on the safety of
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Folate, a vitamin already known for its power to prevent birth defects, also appears to reduce the risk of high blood pressure for women both young and old.
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NEW YORK  - Upping the daily intake of  folate has been widely promoted in recent years to reduce  women's risk of having a baby with spina bifida, but it also  seems to have another benefit.
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Folate, a vitamin already known for its power to prevent birth defects, also appears to reduce the risk of high blood pressure in women young and old.
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NEW YORK  - Women who take multivitamins  before becoming pregnant are less likely to give birth to  premature babies, new study findings suggest.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Taking a daily dose of 400 micrograms or more of folic acid supplements early in pregnancy reduces the risk that a woman will have a baby with cleft lip, a new study finds.
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Early teen and pre-teen pregnancy in the United States has dropped to its lowest levels in nearly 60 years. &quot;Births to 10 to 14 Year-Old Mothers, 1990-2002: Trends and Health
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Georgia has too many babies born with infantile paralysis caused by the serious birth defect spina bifida. If all women of reproductive age consumed enough of the B vitamin folic acid
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More U.S. women are taking daily supplements of folic acid, a B vitamin crucial to prevent some major birth defects, but the number remains too low, federal health officials said on Thursday.
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Increasing a mother's intake of folic acid by adding the vitamin to food supplies has been shown to cut the risk of having a baby with neural tube defects, a birth defect in which the spine doesn't fuse properly. However, new research indicates that this benefit is much weaker in overweight and obese women.
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The number of abortions in the United States dropped to 1.2 million in 2005, the lowest level since 1974 and down 25 percent from the all-time high of 1.6 million in 1990, according to report issued Thursday
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CHICAGO -- High doses of folic acid do not prevent precancerous colon polyps in people prone to them and may actually increase the risk of developing the growths, a new study finds.
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If you are a woman and consume 800 micrograms or more of folate per day you are much less likely to be at risk of having high blood pressure, says a new study.