Why there’s so much fear around folic acid being added to bread – and what the science actually says

Here, a dietitian talks us through the science behind the new policy that makes folic acid fortification mandatory in ...
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Reducing the Risk of a Diabetes-linked Birth Defect

Researchers have identified a gene that plays a key role in the formation of neural tube defects, a problem commonly found in infants of pregnant women with diabetes. This is the first time the gene ...
The Independent

UK Government urged to put vitamin additive in flour to stop needless birth defects

Three thousand children have been born with birth defects that could have been prevented if the UK adopted scientifically backed proposals to add essential vitamin folic acid to flour. Researchers are ...
Hindustan Times

Obesity to drugs use: Doctor dissects common causes behind birth defects

Birth defects can lead to functional abnormalities or deformities in the appearance of a baby. Birth defects are caused by many complications. In an interview with HT lifestyle, Dr Sonia Golani, ...
The Independent

Calls for changes in UK flour to prevent birth defects

Proposals to fortify some flours with a vitamin which prevents babies from developing a life-threatening spinal condition do not go far enough, leading medics have warned as they said the health ...