Folic acid is to be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour in the UK to help prevent birth defects. Adding folic acid to flour could prevent around 200 cases of neural tube defects, such as spina ...

Referred to as folic acid or folate, this essential B vitamin stimulates cell development, facilitates DNA synthesis, and assists in producing red blood cells. It is notably important for pregnant ...

In the 1960s all that was known and taught was that folic acid was harmful to the nervous system, especially in precipitating or exacerbating the neurological complications of vitamin B12 deficiency.

Man-Yi, the sixth tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines in a month, intensified with maximum sustained winds reaching 195 kph (121 mph) and gusts up to 240 kph, according to state weather agency ...

The Philippines unveiled its budget for 2025 with considerably less drama this year. Last year a showdown over discretionary spending for portfolios overseen by Vice President Sara Duterte became ...

MANILA: The Philippines prepared on Tuesday (Nov 12) to evacuate potentially tens of thousands of people as the fifth major storm in three weeks bore down on the archipelago shortly after the ...

They are Typhoon Yinxing, Typhoon Toraji, Tropical Storm Usagi and Tropical Storm Man-Yi. The Philippines is struck by multiple storms annually, but the relentless pace of successive typhoons in ...

Trami blew away from the north-western Philippines on Friday, leaving at least 85 people dead and 41 others missing in in one of the Southeast Asian archipelago’s deadliest and most destructive ...

TALISAY, Philippines — The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines has reached nearly 130 and the president said Saturday ...

Rescuers in the Philippines are diving into a lake and scouring isolated villages to locate dozens of missing people as the death toll from Tropical Storm Trami hits 100. The death toll in the ...

In the Bicol region in central Philippines, 29 people were reported killed in floodwaters and landslides, according to the Philippine National Police. At least 11 of the victims died by drowning.