Many staple foods are fortified with folic acid and can lead to many potential health benefits. Here's what to know about ...

Medically reviewed by Kayla Girgen, RD Kale is a good source of folate, but certain legumes, meat, and vegetables have more ...

Fruit can be a delicious source of folate, a B vitamin everyone needs, especially women who could become pregnant. Folate, also known as vitamin B9, helps the body make and repair DNA, produce healthy ...

Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is an important B-vitamin with many vital functions in the human body. It was ...

A daily supplementation combination that included folic acid and vitamin B6 and B12 had no significant effect on the overall risk of cancer, including breast cancer, among women at high risk of ...

Long known for its role in preventing anemia in expectant mothers and spinal birth defects in newborns, the B vitamin folate, found in leafy green vegetables, beans and nuts has now been shown to ...

The purpose of this study was to study the effects of serum folate and plasma pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) on plasma homocysteine, oxidative stress and antioxidant capacities in 44 hepatocellular ...

Bern, Switzerland - Researchers studying the effects of folic acid and B vitamins on reducing major adverse cardiac events (MACE) after PCI say a 6-month regimen decreases the risk of events in the ...

To read this article for CME, click here. February 8, 2008 — Folate deficiency has been associated with a tripling of dementia risk in the elderly. New research by investigators at Chonnam National ...

If you like the idea of warding off disease by taking vitamin supplements, you’ve probably been disheartened by the research in this area over the last few years. A new study won’t help. It finds that ...

A daily supplementation combination that included folic acid and vitamin B6 and B12 had no significant effect on the overall risk of cancer, including breast cancer, among women at high risk of ...