A new study found that children whose mothers took an essential vitamin early in pregnancy had significantly higher verbal ...

Usual dose: up to 1mg daily; may need higher dose if resistant disease. Maintenance: infants: 0.1mg/day; <4yrs: 0.3mg/day; ≥4yrs: 0.4mg/day. Pregnant or lactating ...

Health Canada has recalled six brands of 1mg folic acid tablets for potentially containing a nitrosamine impurity, N-nitroso-folic acid, at unsafe levels. The brands involved in the recall are ...

He's studying leucovorin, an inexpensive, generic drug derived from folic acid, also known as folate or vitamin B9. Leucovorin is currently prescribed to ease the side effects of cancer chemotherapy.

When someone has a folate deficiency, it causes the body to produce abnormally large blood cells that cannot function ...

Taking a higher dose of folic acid during the first trimester of pregnancy was safe and associated with improved verbal abilities in children at age six as well as improved behavior skills, according ...

One of the most striking findings of the study is the effect of folic acid supplementation on suicide attempts. Taking as little as 1 mg of folic acid per day—a common dose found in drugstores ...

Folic acid 5mg/mL; soln for IV, IM or SC inj; contains benzyl alcohol and aluminum. Usual dose: up to 1mg daily; may need higher dose if resistant disease. Maintenance: infants: 0.1mg/day ...