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Vitamin B And Folic Acid May Reduce Risk Of Age-Related Vision Loss
February 23, 2009 — Taking a combination of vitamins B6 and B12 and folic acid appears to decrease the risk of age-related macular degeneration in women, according to a new ... > full story -
Few Women Follow Healthy Lifestyle Guidelines Before Pregnancy
February 12, 2009 — Very few women follow the nutritional and lifestyle recommendations before they become pregnant, even when pregnancy is in some sense planned, finds a new ... > full story -
Zinc Supplements During Pregnancy May Counteract Damage From Early Alcohol Exposure
February 2, 2009 — Animal research has shown that binge drinking -- even just once -- during early pregnancy can cause numerous problems for the fetus, including early postnatal death. Fetal zinc deficiency may explain ... > full story -
Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Have Surprisingly High Folate Levels, Study Finds
January 23, 2009 — Children with newly diagnosed cases of inflammatory bowel disease have higher concentrations of folate in their blood than individuals without IBD, according to a new study. The findings bring into ... > full story -
Novel Drugs Selectively Target Pathway Important In Rheumatoid Arthritis
January 13, 2009 — Methotrexate, a folate antagonist that blocks folic acid activity, is the most widely used disease-modifying antirheumatic drug for rheumatoid arthritis. It enters the cell via several pathways, one ... > full story -
Potential Breakthrough For T-Cell Lymphoma Patients With Drug That Mimics Folic Acid
December 9, 2008 — Preliminary results of a pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial of pralatrexate, a drug that partially works by mimicking folic acid, showed a complete or partial response in 27 percent of patients with ... > full story -
Maternal Exposure To Folic Acid Antagonists Increases Risks Of Certain Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
December 2, 2008 — Exposure to folic acid antagonists during pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of placenta-mediated adverse outcomes such as preeclampsia, placental abruption, fetal growth restriction or fetal ... > full story -
Hairspray Is Linked To Common Genital Birth Defect, Says Study
November 21, 2008 — Women who are exposed to hairspray in the workplace during pregnancy have more than double the risk of having a son with the genital birth defect hypospadias, according to a new study in the journal ... > full story -
Folic Acid, B Vitamins Do Not Appear To Affect Cancer Risk
November 4, 2008 — A daily supplementation combination that included folic acid and vitamin B6 and B12 had no significant effect on the overall risk of cancer, including breast cancer, among women at high risk of ... > full story -
Vitamin B Does Not Slow Cognitive Decline In Alzheimer's, Study Finds
October 14, 2008 — A new clinical trial shows that high-dose vitamin B supplements did not slow the rate of cognitive decline in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer ... > full story
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