Study highlights folic acid benefits for expectant mothers

The risk of having a child with a cleft lip or palate is more than four times higher if mothers do not take folic acid in their first trimester, according to a study.

Study highlights folic acid benefits for expectant mothers

The risk of having a child with a cleft lip or palate is more than four times higher if mothers do not take folic acid in their first trimester, according to a study.

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin used data from the Growing Up in Ireland study and examined results from more than 11,000

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