Many staple foods are fortified with folic acid and can lead to many potential health benefits. Here's what to know about ...

New statistics show that efforts to reduce birth defects by making sure women get enough folic acid are working. CBS News health correspondent Dr. Emily Senay talks with the Early Show about this ...

Women are gaining a new tool to help fight birth defects that will be found in products on the grocery store shelves. To promote increased consumption of folic acid among women of childbearing age, ...

New California law adding folic acid to corn masa will help reduce birth defects in the Latino and Hispanic community.

Each year since 1998, a campaign to boost young women’s intake of a B-vitamin called folate has saved an estimated 1,000 American babies from early death or lifelong disability. But the drive to ...

A new California law, penned by a Fresno Assembly member, mandates folic acid in corn tortillas to curb birth defects in ...

LONDON — Folic acid will be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour across the United Kingdom to help prevent life-threatening spinal conditions in babies, the UK government announced Sept. 20. Wholemeal ...

It’s going to get easier for women to find some foods fortified with folic acid. The March of Dimes and Grain Foods Foundation have teamed up to launch a new folic-acid symbol — the Folic Acid for a ...

WASHINGTON — Encouraging consumption of products made from enriched grains, including bread, pasta and rice, is central in the advice of obstetricians to pregnant women and women in childbearing years ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A new bill up for debate could help reduce the risk of birth defects. The bill looks to fortify enriched ...

Pharmaceutical company Merck Eprova AG has announced that Metafolin, its new patented form of folate, has been approved as a safe alternative to folic acid for use in dietary supplements, foods for ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., JAN. 9, 2008 – Not enough American women understand that consuming the B vitamin folic acid every day can help prevent serious birth defects, and only 40 percent are taking daily ...