Think Twice Before Drug Testing Your Black Patients
(MedPage Today) -- "We were stripped naked. We were asked to cough. It was like a movie...We knew nothing about what the allegation was," Simon Cofie recently told NBC News, recalling his 2017 arrest after a bottle of his wife's folic acid (which... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - February 5, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Prenatal Folic Acid Supplements Tied to Lower Risk of Kawasaki Disease in Babies
(MedPage Today) -- Folic acid supplementation throughout pregnancy was correlated with a lower risk of early-onset Kawasaki disease in offspring, a Japanese observational study showed. In a propensity score-matched model, children of women with... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - January 1, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Dementia and Estrogen; Case Report on Fatality After Lecanemab; MRI-Based Brain Age
(MedPage Today) -- A nested case-control study showed that estrogen-only use in women was associated with a higher dementia rate compared with no estrogen use. (JAMA) Folate or folic acid supplementation was tied to a higher risk of Alzheimer... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - December 19, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Folic acid prescription and suicide attempt prevention: effect of past suicidal behaviour, psychiatric diagnosis and psychotropic medication - Mann JJ, Hur K, Lavigne JE, Gibbons RD.
We previously showed that folic acid prescriptions for any indication were associated with lower rates of suicidal behaviour. Given that future randomised clinical trials are likely to focus on psychiatric disorders carrying elevated risk for suicide, we n... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news

White House requests extension of agreement with China on joint research
President Joe Biden’s administration has given itself 6 months to reach a deal with China to preserve a 44-year-old agreement governing scientific cooperation between the two superpowers. But the rising tensions between the two countries and calls by congressional Republicans for the United States to end cooperation with China will require the White House to walk a political tightrope in renewing what has traditionally been a garden-variety diplomatic pact. U.S. academics welcome the administration’s decision, first reported by NBC News , not to abandon an agreement that has been renewed in 5-year incre...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 24, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Folic Acid Supplementation for Birth Defects Reaffirmed Folic Acid Supplementation for Birth Defects Reaffirmed
The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends 0.4 to 0.8 mg of folic acid supplementation for people who may become pregnant.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - August 2, 2023 Category: Neurology Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news

USPSTF Recommends Folic Acid Supplement Before, During Pregnancy
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 -- The U.S Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends folic acid supplementation for people planning to or who could become pregnant. These recommendations form the basis of a final recommendation statement published in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Three-quarters of women took avoidable health risks before getting pregnant, study says
Almost 73 per cent of English mums-to-be had not taken folic acid before conceiving, it found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dementia: The 76p food that could make your brain 19 years younger, 'exciting' study finds
Packed with carotenoids, vitamin C, vitamin K, folic acid, iron, and calcium, spinach could be potent at staving off dementia. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

USPSTF Recommends Folic Acid to Prevent Neural Tube Defects
TUESDAY, Feb. 21, 2023 -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends folic acid supplementation for people planning to or who could become pregnant (Grade A recommendation). This recommendation forms the basis of a draft... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Folic acid in flour too low to prevent birth defects, scientists say
Current government proposals do not go far enough to help pregnant women, leading experts claim. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Folic acid 'should be pumped into RICE as well as bread', experts say
The Government unveiled plans 18 months ago to add folic acid to flour to prevent neural tube defects - a group of conditions 1,000 babies in the UK are born with each year. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Several Supplements May Give the Heart a Boost
Certain antioxidant supplements – such as omega-3 fatty acids, folic acid, and coenzyme Q10 – may benefit your heart’s health, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - December 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Analysis Suggests CV Benefits for Some Antioxidant Supplements Analysis Suggests CV Benefits for Some Antioxidant Supplements
A new meta-analysis suggests benefit on cardiovascular risks with supplements including n-3 fatty acids, folic acid, and coenzyme Q10. But experts urge caution in interpreting these results.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - December 6, 2022 Category: Neurology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Mega-study: Omega-3s, folic acid, CoQ10 benefit heart, but beware of beta carotene
Instead of singling out vitamins and minerals that may help heart health, researchers hope their comprehensive review of many studies will pave the way for clinical trials to identify the best mix of micronutrients. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - December 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news