A groundbreaking study identifies key prenatal vitamins that may help reduce the risk of infant death, offering new insights into maternal and child health.
Dongqing Wang, an assistant professor of Global and Community Health at George Mason's College of Public Health, is ...
New research shows that prenatal multiple micronutrient supplements can cut the risk of babies being born too small or too ...
Wang found that compared to folic acid and iron alone, a multiple micronutrient supplement led to a 27% lower risk of giving birth to "small vulnerable newborn types," or babies who suffered from ...
"If comparing them side by side, you would notice higher amounts of many nutrients in a prenatal vitamin compared to the standard multivitamin for women," says Olivia Small, R.D.N., a prenatal ...
Geroge Mason University researcher Dongqing Wang publishes landmark analysis on the impacts of prenatal vitamins on mothers and newborns in The Lancet Global Health ...
But in my mind, taking a prenatal is a small additive benefit, the risks of which are none. A basic prenatal vitamin should include the supplements of folic acid, between 400 to 800 micrograms ...
Vitamin D is important for developing teeth and bone, but the most alarming potential shortfalls from that list are iron and folate. Prenatal nutrition is important for both the health of the ...