Fruit can be a delicious source of folate, a B vitamin everyone needs, especially women who could become pregnant. Folate, also known as vitamin B9, helps the body make and repair DNA, produce healthy ...

Pregnant women with either low or excessively high levels of folate in their blood may face a greater risk of their children developing congenital heart disease, according to a study from Guangdong ...

The purpose of this study was to study the effects of serum folate and plasma pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) on plasma homocysteine, oxidative stress and antioxidant capacities in 44 hepatocellular ...

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 ...

Many staple foods are fortified with folic acid and can lead to many potential health benefits. Here's what to know about this ingredient's importance.

A combination of vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12 and folic acid might protect women against age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, a new study finds. Women taking ...

Bern, Switzerland - Researchers studying the effects of folic acid and B vitamins on reducing major adverse cardiac events (MACE) after PCI say a 6-month regimen decreases the risk of events in the ...

Long known for its role in preventing anemia in expectant mothers and spinal birth defects in newborns, the B vitamin folate, found in leafy green vegetables, beans and nuts has now been shown to ...

A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found that men who took a daily folic acid supplement of 1 mg daily had more than twice the risk of prostate cancer compared ...

To read this article for CME, click here. February 8, 2008 — Folate deficiency has been associated with a tripling of dementia risk in the elderly. New research by investigators at Chonnam National ...