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It’s Birth Defects Prevention Month and Folic Acid Awareness Week

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It’s Birth Defects Prevention Month and Folic Acid Awareness Week

By Cara Christ| 2017-02-10T09:49:02-07:00 January 14th, 2016|General, Prevention|

Our employees wore green and jeans this week to raise awareness of folic acid and its benefits before and during pregnancy. January is Birth Defects Prevention Month, and January 10 through 16 is Folic Acid Awareness Week, which are great opportunities to highlight a simple way that women can help prevent birth defects. A daily multivitamin [...]

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New (Higher) Fish Consumption Recommendations for Pregnant Women

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:49:36-07:00 June 16th, 2014|General|

Last week the FDA & EPA announced new draft fish consumption recommendations for women who are pregnant or breast-feeding. The new recommendations recommend at least 2 servings of low-mercury seafood every week. The recommendations are a big shift for the FDA & EPA- whose previous seafood advisory in 2004 set only an upper limit on the [...]

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