Vitamins

• Vitamin A
• Vitamin B
• Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
• Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
• Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
• Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
• Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid)
• Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
• Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)
• Vitamins C and E
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin E
• Vitamin K

Vitamins

Vitamin B9

NEWS:

Added Folate Foils Brain, Spine Defects

Folate Lowers High Blood Pressure Risk for Women

Folic acid curbs birth defects

Spina Bifida and Anencephaly Before and After Folic Acid Mandate --- United States, 1995--1996 and 1999--2000

Vitamins May Lower Osteoporosis Fractures

ARTICLES:

Is folic acid the answer?

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A prospective study of folate intake and the risk of pancreatic cancer in men and women. (Am J Epidemiol)

Awareness of folic acid for prevention of neural tube defects in a community with high prevalence of consanguineous marriages. (Ann Genet)

Awareness of the use of folic acid to prevent neural tube defects in a Mediterranean area. (Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol)

Case for mandatory fortification of food with folate in Australia, for the prevention of neural tube defects. (Birth Defects Res Part A Clin Mol Teratol)

Cerebral folate deficiency. (Dev Med Child Neurol)

Dietary folate and the risk of depression in finnish middle-aged men. A prospective follow-up study. (Psychother Psychosom)

Dietary Folate Intake and Incidence of Ovarian Cancer: The Swedish Mammography Cohort (Journal of the National Cancer Institute)

Does folate intake decrease risk of postmenopausal breast cancer among women with a family history? (Cancer Causes Control)

Effects of dietary folate and aging on gene expression in the colonic mucosa of rats: implications for carcinogenesis. (Carcinogenesis)

Endothelial function in post-menopausal women: effect of folic acid supplementation. (Hum Reprod)

Folate and brain function in the elderly. (Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care)

Folate and colorectal neoplasia: relation between plasma and dietary markers of folate and adenoma recurrence (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Folate and vitamin B(6) intake and risk of acute myocardial infarction in Italy. (Eur J Clin Nutr)

Folate for depressive disorders (Cochrane Review) (The Cochrane Library)

Folate for depressive disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. (J Psychopharmacol)

Folate Intake and Risk of Stroke Among Women (Stroke)

Folate Intake, MTHFR C677T Polymorphism, Alcohol Consumption, and Risk for Sporadic Colorectal Adenoma (United States). (Cancer Causes Control)

Folate is associated with the natural history of high-risk human papillomaviruses. (Cancer Res)

Folate status and folate related anemia: a comparative cross-sectional study of long-term care and post-acute care psychogeriatric patients. (Arch Gerontol Geriatr)

Folate status of Thai women cervical dysplasia. (Asia Pac J Clin Nutr)

Folate, homocysteine, endothelial function and cardiovascular disease. (J Nutr Biochem)

Folic Acid and the Prevention of Neural-Tube Defects (NEJM)

Folic acid fortified milk increases red blood cell folate concentration in women of childbearing age. (Asia Pac J Clin Nutr)

Folic acid improves endothelial function in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. (J Pediatr)

Folic acid reduces nuclear translocation of beta-catenin in rectal mucosal crypts of patients with colorectal adenomas. (Cancer Lett)

Folic acid supplementation enhances repair of the adult central nervous system. (Ann Neurol)

Folic acid supplementation for 4 weeks affects liver morphology in aged rats. (J Nutr)

Folic acid: neurochemistry, metabolism and relationship to depression (Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental)

Is folic acid the ultimate functional food component for disease prevention? (BMJ)

Low serum folate levels: a risk factor for sudden sensorineural hearing loss? (Acta Otolaryngol)

Neural tube defect rates before and after food fortification with folic acid. (Birth Defects Res Part A Clin Mol Teratol)

Neural tube defects and folic acid. (Indian Pediatr)

Plasma folate concentrations are associated with depressive symptoms in elderly Latina women despite folic acid fortification1 (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Reduced breast cancer risk with increasing serum folate in a case-control study of the C677T genotype of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene. (Eur J Cancer)

Serum folate and homocysteine and the incidence of acute coronary events: the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study. (Am J Clin Nutr)

The administration of a multivitamin/mineral fortified dairy product improves folate status and reduces plasma homocysteine concentration in women of reproductive age. (Int J Vitam Nutr Res)

INTERNET SITES:

CERHR-Folic Acid

NIH-Drug Information: Folic Acid (Vitamin B 9) (Systemic)

NIH-Folate

NIH-Folic Acid

NIH-Folic Acid

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Folic acid

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Folic acid (folate)

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Vitamin B9 benefits

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Vitamin B9 source

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