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 ...

Certain life stages, health conditions and lifestyle factors can increase your folate needs—here’s when a supplement might ...

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 ...

Before your body can use it, folic acid has to go through several metabolic steps to convert into L-methylfolate (5-MTHF), the active form of the vitamin. Naturally occurring folate also requires ...

Prenatal folic acid use may reduce autism risk Taking folic acid supplements around the time of conception may reduce the risk for having children with autistic disorder. HealthDay News — Taking folic ...

More evidence suggests that prenatal folic acid supplementation may lower the risk of developing autism. A population-based cohort study of almost 85,000 children in Norway showed that those children ...

The scientific evidence is strong enough to justify using folic acid as a cheap and simple way of reducing heart disease and strokes, say researchers in this week's British Medical Journal. The ...

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 ...

Cincinnati, OH - A new post hoc analysis of two randomized controlled studies suggests that folic acid diminishes the efficacy of methotrexate in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis [ 1]. "The ...

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 ...

Pregnant woman taking folic acid pills. Use of folic acid or multivitamins during pregnancy is associated with a significantly reduced risk of ASD in offspring. Stephen Z Levine, PhD, of the ...