Pregnant women who have low blood levels of the vitamin folate are more likely to have early miscarriages than are pregnant women who have adequate folate levels, according to a study of Swedish women ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers in China determined that higher maternal periconception red blood cell folate concentration was ...

Proper maternal folate levels during pregnancy may protect children from a future risk of obesity, especially those born to obese mothers, according to a new study. Proper maternal folate levels ...

Objective: To determine the minimum effective dose of folic acid required to appreciably increase serum folate and to produce a significant reduction in plasma total homocysteine (tHcy). Design: ...

About 10% of patients who come to complex care hospitals may have low levels of folate and other indicators of malnutrition, investigators say. To ensure those patients are identified and helped, ...

About 10% of patients who come to complex care hospitals may have low levels of folate and other indicators of malnutrition, investigators say. Folate levels should be checked in hospitalized patients ...

It seems that folate determinations in patients without known risk factors for folate deficiency are of little clinical significance. Fortification of cereal products with folic acid is not mandatory ...

NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Proper maternal folate levels during pregnancy may protect children from a future risk of obesity, especially those ...