Folic acid may have side benefit
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Young women have been urged for years to increase their intake of folic acid to prevent birth defects. But a new study suggests there could be another benefit: a reduced risk of high blood pressure.
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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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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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Women who take high doses of folic acid during pregnancy may increase the risk of getting breast cancer, according to research. A study involving almost 3,000 mums-to-be found women who took the supplement
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Fortifying flour with folic acid to cut birth defects may lead to a range of health problems, warn scientists.
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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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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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THURSDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDayNews) -- Forty percent of American women of childbearing age now get enough folic acid to help prevent birth defects, according to a new March of Dimes survey.
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OTTAWA - Fortifying grain products with folic acid has led to a dramatic decline in the rate of birth defects such as spina bifida, a new study by Health Canada shows.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research shows young women who consume more folate are less likely to have high blood pressure. Researchers presenting at the American Heart Association&#39;s 58th High Blood Pressure
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FRIDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDayNews) -- A British study has found a possible link between taking folic acid supplements late in pregnancy and an increased incidence of breast cancer decades later.
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Taking a folic acid supplement does not cut the risk of heart disease or stroke in people with a history of cardiovascular ailments, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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Taking high doses of folic acid during pregnancy may increase the risk of breast cancer, a study suggested today. The research, lasting 40 years and
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NEW YORK  - Higher intake of folic acid is  associated with a decreased risk of developing high blood  pressure, particularly among younger women, according to  Harvard researchers.
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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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Oct. 11, 2004 -- A folate-rich diet cuts a young woman&#39;s risk of high blood pressure by almost one-third, new research shows. Folate also reduces older women&#39;s risk of high blood pressure to a lesser degree.
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MONDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- Fortifying food with folic acid can greatly reduce the incidence of spina bifida and other birth defects, says a Canadian study in the latest issue of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.