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  2. Jennifer R. Niebyl - Wikipedia

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    In 1982, Johns Hopkins promoted Niebyl as the director of the division of maternal-fetal medicine. [4] Niebyl specializes in high risk obstetrics, focusing on medical drug use in pregnancy, tocolytic agents for preterm labor, nutrition in pregnancy, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, and folic acid for prevention of birth defect. [5]

  3. Folate deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Treatment may include dietary changes and folic acid supplements. [1] Dietary changes including eating foods high in folate such as, fruits and green leafy vegetables can help. [1] Prevention is recommended for pregnant women or those who are planning a pregnancy. [1] Folate deficiency is very rare in countries with folic acid fortification ...

  4. Nutrition and pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Folic acid, which is the synthetic form of the vitamin folate, is critical both in pre- and peri-conception. [7] Deficiencies in folic acid may cause neural tube defects (NTDs). Women who had 0.4 mg of folic acid in their systems due to supplementing 3 months before childbirth significantly reduced the risk of NTDs. [29]

  5. Flour to be fortified with folic acid from 2026 to tackle ...

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    The new legislation will require millers to add folic acid to non-wholemeal wheat flour from the end of 2026. Folic acid is a synthetic form of vitamin B9 and is also known as folate.

  6. The vitamin con: Do supplements do anything or are we all ...

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    The reason for this last recommendation is that nine in 10 women have such a low blood level of folic acid that they risk having a baby with a neural tube defect (NTD) – a serious birth defect ...

  7. Prenatal vitamin - Wikipedia

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    Doses of folic acid over 1 mg are prescription only. The amount of non-prescription prenatal vitamins needed to achieve this dose may have too much vitamin A and lead to fetal toxicity. [2] In addition, the U.S Army currently provides female soldiers with optional prenatal supplements to combat high anemia rates in female soldiers. [10]

  8. Folate - Wikipedia

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    However, low vitamin B 12 status in combination with high folic acid intake, in addition to the previously mentioned neuropathy risk, appeared to increase the risk of cognitive impairment in the elderly. [105] Long-term use of folic acid dietary supplements in excess of 1,000 μg/day has been linked to an increase in prostate cancer risk. [13]

  9. Neural tube defect - Wikipedia

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    [60] [62] If an individual is in the high risk category, the recommended dose is 4–5 mg of folic acid daily until 12 weeks gestation and then decrease to 0.4–1 mg until 4–6 weeks postpartum or for however long breastfeeding lasts. [62]