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Folic Acid Awareness Week

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:46-07:00January 11th, 2013|Prevention|

Taking a daily multivitamin can save babies lives by preventing birth defects. Folic acid is a B vitamin can prevent up to 70% of neural tube defects (including spina bifida and anencephaly). An average of 52 babies are born with neural tube defects in Arizona each year. The easiest way for women of childbearing age to get [...]

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Folic Acid Outreach

By Will Humble|2010-08-30T20:40:10-07:00August 30th, 2010|Prevention|

Each year in the U.S., 2,500 babies are born with neural tube defects (NTDs). These include such conditions as spina bifida and anencephaly, which can lead to paralysis or even early childhood death. Many of these birth defects can be avoided by simply remembering to take a multivitamin every day. A daily dose of 400 [...]

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