It is recommended that women trying for a baby should take folic acid supplements for about three months before getting pregnant and for at least three months after falling pregnant. However, ...

Bread and flour will be fortified with an essential vitamin in a bid to prevent serious birth defects in hundreds of babies every year, the Government has announced. The new legislation will ...

“The news that fortification of flour with folic acid is to be implemented at long last is welcome. Folic acid (vitamin B9) supplementation was shown to reduce neural tube defects by about 80% in a ...

It is recommended that women trying for a baby should take folic acid supplements for about three months before getting pregnant and for at least three months after falling pregnant. However ...