A new bill up for debate could help reduce the risk of birth defects. The bill looks to fortify enriched grain products with ...

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

For all the women thinking of getting pregnant or expecting, it is extremely important to know and understand the risk of birth defects. While they cannot always be prevented, experts say there are a ...

South Carolina ranks as one of the highest risk states for neural tube defects or NTD. NDT are severe birth defects of the brain and spine that occurs early in pregnancy. We are here today with Jane ...

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

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month and Nurse Al Romeo from the Utah Department of Health and Human Services is here to give us a few tips to help prevent birth defects. Are birth ...

While it seems hard to believe, when expecting moms take one simple vitamin, it can prevent their babies from having particular birth defects. That vitamin is folic acid. The March of Dimes wants to ...

On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved folic acid fortification in corn masa flour, a flour derived from dried corn kernels and used to make corn tortillas and tamales. Folic acid, ...

Folic acid is so important to infant health that it’s required to be added to cereal and bread. A new California law ensures it’ll be in tortillas.

The rate of spina bifida and anencephaly birth defects has fallen by more than one-third since the addition in 1998 of folic acid to the nation's enriched flours, rice and pastas, according to study a ...

ST. PAUL - Healthy life choices can help prevent birth defects, the Minnesota Health Department says. The department, the National Birth Defects Prevention Network and the Minnesota March of Dimes are ...

Expectant mothers should be aware of some precautions to take before and during pregnancy to reduce the risk of birth defects. Many birth defects can't be prevented, but a mother can improve the ...