Folic Acid Effecive In Preventing Congenital Heart Defects, Canadian Research Shows
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 10:22
in Health & Medicine
Canada's policy of fortifying grain products with folic acid has already proved to be effective in preventing neural tube defects. New research shows that folic acid also decreases the incidence of congenital heart defects by more than six percent.
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