Health News from Medical News Today: Research Adds To Evidence That Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy May Impact Malignancies And Cancers

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Research Adds To Evidence That Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy May Impact Malignancies And Cancers 30 May 2011, 8:00 am Folic acid supplements given to pregnant and breast-feeding rats reduced the rate of colon cancer in their offspring by 64 per cent, a new study has found. The research, led by Dr. Young-in Kim, a gastroenterologist at St. Michael's Hospital, adds to the growing but sometimes contradictory evidence that folic acid supplementation during pregnancy and lactation can increase or decrease the development or progression of some pediatric malignancies and common cancers in their offspring in adulthood... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.