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1. Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » Folic Acid and Birth Defects
The researchers who discovered that too little folic acid causes birth defects haven’t gotten a Nobel Prize (and probably never will) but they should, as this article explains:. After 3 decades of epidemiologic research reporting an ...

2. CDC Newsroom Press Release January 5, 2009
Fortification of corn masa flour products could increase folic acid intake by nearly 20 percent for Mexican-Americans, who are at a 30-40 percent higher risk for a number of severe brain and spinal birth defects, according to a study by ...

3. Folic acid survey of Spanish-speaking women finds most are missing ...
Health, ...WHITE PLAINS NY JAN. 5 2009 Only 17 percent of Spanish-speaking ...Folic acid can prevent neural tube defects (NTDs) serious birth defec...Folic Acid Awareness Week is January 5-11 a time when the March of Di.

4. First Nationwide Folic Acid Survey of Spanish-Speaking Women Finds ...
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5. Resolve To Make Folic Acid A Daily Habit This Year - Tennessee ...
“We need to educate all women that folic acid can help prevent birth defects of the brain and spine. The message is simple: be good to yourself in the New Year and take a multivitamin with folic acid every day, in addition to eating a ...

6. USA Rice Federation Partners with National Council on Folic Acid...
5 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for National Folic Acid Awareness Week (January 5-11) and January's Birth Defects Prevention Month, USA Rice Federation has teamed up with the National Council on Folic Acid (NCFA) to help spread the word ...

7. Rice promoted as folic acid booster
It said that research has shown that folic acid, the synthetic form of the water-soluble B-vitamin folate, offers protection against birth defects, such as neural tube defects (NTDs). There are also reports that the vitamin may offer ...

8. ADHS Stresses Importance Of Folic Acid For Young Women
ADHS Stresses Importance Of Folic Acid For Young Women. January 6th, 2009 · No Comments. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That old adage is quite true when it comes to reducing brain and spinal birth defects. ...

9. MaternaCare 101: Maternal exposure to folic acid antagonists ...
As such, the authors state that this finding, combined with previous findings on the association between folic acid antagonists during pregnancy and birth defects should prompt a change in the FDA pregnancy category from C to D. ...

10. Neural Tube Defects and Maternal Folate Intake Among Pregnancies ...
Rates of neural tube defects have decreased since folic acid fortification of the food supply in the United States. The authors’ objective was to evaluate the associations between neural tube defects and maternal folic acid intake among ...