Ministry: Younger women should take folic acid daily

22.02.2013                      12.Adar. 5773

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Ministry: Younger women should take folic acid daily

Taking pills prior to, and at beginning of pregnancy reduces the prevalence of spina bifida and anencephaly in newborns.

Although taking folic acid pills three months before conception through the first three months of pregnancy reduces the prevalence of neural tube defects in newborns by up to 70 percent, many women of fertile age still do not take this type of B vitamin daily….