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Article: Prenatal Vitamins May Reduce Risk of Brain Tumors in Children.
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- September 21, 2006
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Women who take multivitamins early in pregnancy may reduce the risk that their child will develop some types of brain tumors.
Public health agencies already urge pregnant women to take multivitamins that contain folic acid early in pregnancy to reduce their fetus's risk of developing a neural tube defect such as spina bifida. "This current study suggests another possible protective effect for the vitamins," said study leader Greta R. Bunin, Ph.D., of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She added, "Children whose mothers took multivitamins close to the time of conception seemed less likely to suffer medulloblastoma ...