Maternal serum folate levels during early to midpregnancy show a U-shaped association with congenital heart disease (CHD) risk in offspring. Both low and high folate levels are linked to an increased ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Maternal folate levels that were too low or too high were associated with risk of congenital heart disease in ...

Data were collected using a questionnaire. The questionnaire included general demographic information (such as sex, age, height, weight, smoking history, and drinking history), altitude of residence, ...

Inadequate intake of dietary folate is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth, but evidence is limited in low-income settings, including the study area. This study examines the association ...

As a geriatrician, I often order serum folate levels as part of a workup for dementia or anemia. How accurate is the statement that “serum folate levels are not useful because they fluctuate rapidly ...

Folic acid supplementation throughout pregnancy was correlated with a lower risk of early-onset Kawasaki disease in offspring, a Japanese observational study showed. In a propensity score-matched ...

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — People in the United Kingdom with folic acid prescriptions were 1.5 times more likely to get COVID-19. They were also 2.6 times more likely to die from COVID-19 compared to the ...

In a recent study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers at the University of Cambridge assessed pre-fortification United Kingdom (UK) folate trends (2008-2019), ...

An Australian study suggests that mandatory folic acid fortification may have unintended consequences, linking excess folate to rising gestational diabetes and calling for urgent policy reassessment.

A new study that looked at health data from the UK found people with a folic acid prescription were 1.5 times as likely to get COVID-19 and were more than 2.6 times as likely to die from COVID-19 ...