Article: Research from Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Medical Department provide new insights into women's health.

Article: Antenatal iron/folic acid improves birth ...
Inpharma Weekly;  November 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... modest increase in birth weight compared with folic acid alone, although ... births. Iron/folic acid had no effect on birth weight but birth weight ... The increase in birth weight noted for the iron/folic acid and multiple ...

Article: Folic acid intake during pregnancy may affect ...
Yorkshire Post;  August 5, 2005 ;     677 words ... ... were of healthy birth weight after she took folic acid before and during ... suggests that folic acid influences birth weight because it is ... reach a healthy birth weight. "However ... baby really needs folic acid to grow and develop ...

Article: Do we NEED folic acid in our bread?
The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... enormously. In countries where folic acid fortification has been introduced ... Studies have suggested that folic acid also prevents low birth weight. Higher levels of folate, of which folic acid is a form, could help other ...

Article: Iron-folic acid supplements during pregnancy 'cut ...
The Hindustan Times;  October 29, 2009 ;     587 words ... ... the team examined folic acid; folic acid-iron; folic acid-iron-zinc, as well as a ... vitamin A. They found that iron-folic acid supplementation relative to ... reduced the prevalence of low birth weight by 16 percent and the prevalence ...

Article: Folic acid - the crucial nutrient.
Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia);  March 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... the necessary dose of folic acid (0.4 mg), which ... On the same front, folic acid appears to prevent other ... in the palate); low birth weight; and Down's syndrome ... father's low B-9. Folic acid deficiency is implicated ...

Article: Supplementation with micronutrients in addition to iron and ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... remainder. The roles of folic acid, vitamins A, C, B ... hematopoietic cells (2). Both folic acid and vitamin B-12 deficiency ... examine the effects on birth weight (4) and infant mortality ... micronutrients included folic acid (400 g), folic acid ...

Article: Folic Acid Deficiency Anemia
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.;      700+ words ... ... that adequate amounts of folic acid can prevent up to one ... if women start taking folic acid supplements shortly before ... increased risk of lower birth weight babies and adverse pregnancy ... needs at least 400 mcg of folic acid every day. Requirements ...