Archive for 'Folic Acid'
Ear Health Linked to Folic Acid Serum Levels
A common fact of life is this: Ageing is inevitable. As a person gets older, the body undergoes changes as well – the skin starts to sag; vision may deteriorate with cataracts or age-related macular degeneration; the sense of taste is affected, making everything seem to bland; joints become painful causing difficulty in moving about; [...]
Posted: December 6th, 2010 under Folic Acid, Hearing Loss.
Tags: link between age-related hearing loss and folic acid; dietary sources of folic acid; health benefits of folic acid
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Expecting Mothers Linked to Heart Defects In Newborns, Study Says
According to researchers participating in a Dutch HAVEN study – which was designed to examine the link between environmental and genetic factors and congenital heart defects (CHD) – risk of having babies with congenital heart defects can be increased if pregnant women are deficient in vitamin B12. “The mother serves as the environment of the child [...]
Posted: June 18th, 2007 under Folic Acid, Vitamin B12.
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Intake of Prenatal Vitamins Drastically Reduces Children’s Cancer Risk, Study Finds
A study published in the journal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics on February 21st from a Toronto children’s hospital suggests taking folic acid and multivitamins during pregnancy can reduce the chance of a child developing a common cancer before the age of 18 by almost 50 percent. What prompted the study was the notice that officials [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2007 under Folic Acid.
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Folic Acid, Vitamin B-12 Play An Essential Role In Brain Function, Study Concludes
It’s no secret that folate and vitamin B-12 are both key contributors to maintaining a healthy functioning nervous system. The “American Journal of Clinical Nutrition” recently performed a study, which indicates the interaction between these nutrients and how they may play a significant role in the protection of cognitive function as a person gets older. [...]
Posted: February 25th, 2007 under Folic Acid.
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