Fetal Well-Being Generally Fine After Strenuous Exercise Maternal use of folic acid supplements around the time of conception is associated with a reduced risk of having children with autistic ...

Folate is a naturally occurring water-soluble B vitamin. Folic acid is a synthetic (manmade) form of folate often added to foods and taken in supplement form. Both are sources of vitamin B9 and ...

Taking prescription folic acid is associated with a significantly lower risk of suicide attempts, according to a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry. Experts say this could potentially offer a ...

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 ...

Susan Dentzer looks at the causes of spina bifida and efforts to prevent the disease by encouraging women to take more folic acid. The Wallaces have more reasons than most parents to think their child ...

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 Tuesday. Folic acid occurs ...

Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDN Foods high in folate include lentils, beef liver, beets, and asparagus. Folate, ...

Use of vitamins with folic acid -- a dietary supplement that can prevent neural tube birth defects -- declined among Latinas in California from 2002 to 2006, despite a decade-long public health effort ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., SEPT. 17, 2004 – A record 40 percent of American women of childbearing age reported taking a daily multivitamin containing folic acid in 2004, up from 32 percent last year and the ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluated if folic acid or methotrexate use impacts the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnosis or associated ...