Folic acid fortified food linked to decline in CDH : AHA Study supriya kashyap kashyap25 Nov 2016 9:00 AM ISTStudy Highlights Food fortified with folic acid helped lower overall rates of congenital heart defects in Canada. The effect was evident in some...
Team with Indian-origin scientist develops promising ovarian cancer treatment Ruby khatun khatun5 Jun 2017 4:51 PM ISTLONDON: A team of scientists, one of them Indian origin, have developed a new targeted treatment for ovarian cancer that shrinks tumours without...
Taking folic acid in late pregnancy may increase childhood allergy risk Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 Dec 2017 7:30 PM ISTA new study suggests that taking folic acid in late pregnancy may increase the risk of allergies in offspring affected by intrauterine growth...
Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby’s brain Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Jan 2018 7:10 PM ISTWhen expectant mothers consume sufficient amounts of the nutrient choline during pregnancy, their offspring gain enduring cognitive benefits, a new...
Vitamin supplements with lower risk of autism Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 Jan 2018 7:15 PM ISTBottom Line: The use of folic acid and multivitamin supplements by women before and during pregnancy was associated with a lower likelihood of autism...
Prescribed upper limit of folate intake declared invalid by study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 Feb 2018 7:10 PM ISTAccording to a new study by researchers of Queen Mary University of London and the School of Advanced Study, University of London maximum suggested...
Folic Acid may lower Stroke Risk in Hypertensive patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli9 May 2018 8:25 PM ISTAccording to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the risk of stroke can be lowered with folic acid supplements in...
Vast majority of poor, urban women don't use prenatal vitamins before pregnancy, study shows Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 May 2018 7:05 PM ISTFewer than 5 percent of the women of 7,000 low-income, urban mothers enrolled in the Boston Birth Cohort were found to be taking folic acid...
Vitamin and mineral supplements are of no good to your health: JACC Study Medha Baranwal Baranwal29 May 2018 8:30 PM ISTThe consumption of mineral and vitamin supplements is not harmful to your health but neither does it provide any additional health benefits,...
Vitamin B12 levels significantly higher in chronic stable heart failure Vinay Singh singh15 Jun 2018 7:20 PM ISTIncreased Vitamin B12 in stable heart failure patients is associated with increased direct bilirubin due to right HF, indicating a cardiohepatic...
Prenatal Folic acid fortification prevents mental illness later: JAMA Study Medha Baranwal Baranwal5 July 2018 7:25 PM ISTA new study published in the JAMA Psychiatry shows that prenatal exposure to fortifying grain-based foods with folic acid is associated with...
Folic acid prevents language delays in children of Epileptic women Medha Baranwal Baranwal5 Aug 2018 7:10 PM ISTAntiepileptic drug (AED) taken by pregnant women for epilepsy treatment can increase the risk of language delays in children. Now, a new study...
