Folic acid is commonly taken by women during pregnancy to develop their babies' nervous systems, though it's also known to affect and promote hair growth. Search. About Women's Health; ...

However, researchers also found that high folic acid supplementation (> 1.0 milligram per day) did not appear to have any extra benefit for mitigating the neurotoxic effects of lead exposure.

Adding folic acid to flour could prevent around 200 cases of neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, every year, and improve the health of pregnant women, says the government, ...

A folic acid deficiency can be hard to spot, says Ludlam-Raine, which is another reason why having doctors checking in on your health while pregnant is so important.

Folic acid and neural tube defects: Discovery, debate and the need for policy change. Journal of Medical Screening , 2022; 29 (3): 138 DOI: 10.1177/09691413221102321 Cite This Page : ...

Laboratory studies included a hematocrit of 41 per cent, a hemoglobin of 13.5 gm. per 100 ml., a red-cell count of 4,800,000 and a white-cell count of 9200, with a normal differential.