Folic acid deficiency can cause severe health problems in offspring, including spina bifida, heart defects and placental abnormalities. A study out today reveals that a mutation in a gene necessary ...

There’s a reason pregnant women are always told to load up on folate: getting enough of the vitamin helps prevent neural tube, brain, or spinal cord defects in babies. But folate isn’t just important ...

In the great majority of these reports direct evidence for either folic acid or vitamin B 12 deficiency has been incomplete or absent, and therapeutic responses to huge "pharmacologic" doses of these ...

Folate deficiency creates more problems in connection with DNA replication than researchers had hitherto assumed, researchers from the University of Copenhagen show in a new study. Once a person lacks ...

Folate deficiency creates more problems in connection with DNA replication than researchers had hitherto assumed, researchers from the University of Copenhagen show in a new study. Once a person lacks ...

Modern dietary patterns and genetic factors contribute to nutrient deficiencies, including folate. Neupril’s products are ...

Folate (Vitamin B9) helps prevent severe birth defects and supports red-blood-cell and brain function — but most women start too late. Experts say eve ...

Low levels of folate (vitamin B9) in the blood may be linked to a heightened risk of dementia and death from any cause in older people, suggests research published online in the journal Evidence Based ...

Vitamin D is the most important vitamin to keep tabs on during the winter. “As sunlight is weaker and in short supply during ...

A study reveals that a mutation in a gene necessary for the metabolism of folic acid not only impacts the immediate offspring but can also have detrimental health effects on the next several ...