UK abortion charity urges that ministers act to reduce avoidable birth defects
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is urging the UK’s health ministers to implement recommendations to fortify flour with the vitamin folic acid to reduce cases of neural tube defects (NTDs) like spina bifida and anencephaly in pregnancy. There are an estimated 1,000 cases of these conditions diagnosed every year in the UK, not including miscarriages.
March 19, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: advisory-service, bpas, british, british-pregnancy, diagnosed-every, health-ministers, like-spina, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, pregnancy / obstetrics, reduce-cases, these-conditions, vitamin, vitamin-folic
Vitamin D ‘reduces pain and depression’ in type 2 diabetic women
Type 2 diabetes has long been linked to higher risk of depression in women, and previous research has associated both of these conditions with pain. But a new study suggests that vitamin D supplementation can reduce both depression and pain in women with type 2 diabetes.
December 5, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: both-depression, diabetes, higher-risk, long-been, new-study, nutrition, risk, these-conditions
