B vitamins are good for your heart - Taking high doses of vitamin B6 and folic acid significantly reduces the risk of heart disease, according to recent US studies. ...

Folic acid link to heart disease - A lack of folic acid has been identified as a major cause of heart disease, along with smoking, diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure) and chole...

Folic acid made me ill - For two and a half years, I was quite ill. I had a sore throat, no saliva, swollen tongue, excessive tiredness, a pain in my neck, dreadful cough and...

Folic acid prevents clefts - Expectant mothers are already encouraged to take folic acid from one month before birth to help prevent neural tube defects. But new research also sho...

Folic acid may help prevent alzheimer’s - High levels of the amino acid homocysteine may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study carried out at the Boston...

B vitamins reduce risk of heart disease - Blood levels of homocystine - a metabolic waste product involved in coronary heart disease (CHD) - can be inexpensively and effectively lowered with v...

Folic acid for pregnancy - Medicine is finally waking up to the benefits of pre conceptual care. ...

Deafness: Folic acid can protect your hearing as you grow older - Folic acid can help protect your hearing as you age, a new study has found. Participants aged between 50 and 70 years who were given a folic acid supp...