Small victories: South Africa is struggling to improve kids ’ health decades after apartheid’s demise
KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA—
By her country’s standards at the time, there was nothing too unusual about how Nosipho Mshengu arrived in the world. She was born on the side of the road on 20 September 1993, as her mother tried to get from Mafakatini, a rural village in South Africa where there was then no health facility, to a Roman Catholic clinic an hour away. The bus she awaited was nowhere in sight when time ran out, and Mshengu made her entry then and there.
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A little more than 14 years later, Mshengu was pregnant herself. Her labor story...
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Supplements warning: Study shows folic acid can interrupt specific mental health drugs
People consuming psychiatric drugs should be careful about what supplements they take as certain supplements can interrupt them. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vitamin B12, homocysteine and folic acid in patients suffering from bipolar disorders: relationship with suicide - Mangiapane P, Carbone MG, Arone A, Massa L, Palermo S, Flamini W, Parra E, Morana B, Morana F, Bertini G, Marazziti D.
OBJECTIVES: Vitamin B12, folic acid and homocysteine play a key role in "one-carbon metabolism", involved in different brain processes. Altered levels have been reported in mood disorders (MDs), particularly in major depression (MDD), while the information... (Source: SafetyLit)
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Too much of a certain supplement could raise risk of loss of brain function '3.5 times'
Research has highlighted the complex nature of the relationship between folic acid and cognitive health. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
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Street Medicine; Folic Acid for Suicidality; and Malaria Vaccines Street Medicine; Folic Acid for Suicidality; and Malaria Vaccines
The top 3 things you should know to start your day.3 Things to Know Today (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
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Folic Acid Tied to a Reduction in Suicide Attempts Folic Acid Tied to a Reduction in Suicide Attempts
Folic acid may provide a safe and effective approach for decreasing suicide attempts, putting the treatment ' squarely on the map as a potential for population-level prevention, ' researchers say.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
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Folic Acid May Help Reduce Suicide Attempts
In duration - response analysis, 5 percent decrease seen in suicidal events per month of additional treatment (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - October 3, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Pharmacy, Psychiatry, Journal, Source Type: news
High-Dose Folic Acid During Pregnancy Tied to Cancer Risk in Kids High-Dose Folic Acid During Pregnancy Tied to Cancer Risk in Kids
Prenatal exposure to high-dose folic acid is associated with a greater than twofold increased risk for cancer in children of mothers with epilepsy, according to Scandinavian registry data.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - October 3, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Folic Acid May Help Reduce Suicide Attempts
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 -- Folic acid seems to be beneficial for reducing the rate of suicide attempts, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Robert D. Gibbons, Ph.D., from the University of Chicago, and colleagues used a... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Association between folic acid prescription fills and suicide attempts and intentional self-harm among privately insured US adults - Gibbons RD, Hur K, Lavigne JE, Mann JJ.
IMPORTANCE: Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, having increased more than 30% from 2000 to 2018. An inexpensive, safe, widely available treatment for preventing suicidal behavior could reverse this trend. OBJECTIVE: To confir... (Source: SafetyLit)
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Could a Folic Acid Prescription Help Prevent Suicide?
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Could a Folic Acid Prescription Help Prevent Suicide?
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 -- More than 1 million Americans attempted suicide in 2020, and a new study is hinting at a potential way to reduce that risk: prescription folic acid.
The study, of more than 800,000 Americans in a health care database, found... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Cancer in Kids Tied to Prenatal Exposure to High-Dose Folic Acid and Seizure Meds
(MedPage Today) -- Prenatal exposure to high-dose folic acid raised the risk of cancer in children of mothers with epilepsy, Scandinavian registry data showed.
Over 7 years of follow-up, the absolute risk of pediatric cancer was 1.5% (95% CI 0... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
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Risk for COVID-19, COVID-19-Related Death Up With Folic Acid Rx
THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 -- The risk for COVID-19 diagnosis and COVID-19-related death is increased for individuals prescribed folic acid supplementation, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in BMJ Open.
Ruth Topless, from the University... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Could High-Dose Folic Acid Raise COVID Risks?
TUESDAY, Sept. 6, 2022 -- Folic acid, a B vitamin that ' s used widely to fortify foods and lower the risk of birth defects, may carry a hidden risk for those who have to take huge quantities of it: A new study shows those folks were more likely to... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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