If you don’t eat enough foods that are rich in folate or folic acid, or if your body doesn’t absorb it well, you may develop a folate deficiency. This can happen for many different reasons. Certain ...

Kolkata faces rising medicine prices as the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority announces new rates for 20 formulations ...

Proton pump inhibitors are a class of medications used to treat conditions like GERD and ulcers. They work by blocking the ...

Fortification comes as part of update to the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998, with small-scale mills and wholemeal flour ...

Doctors have found a link between proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as omeprazole and the resurgence of scurvy, a Victorian ...

Scurvy is a disease caused by a serious vitamin C deficiency and scientists claim it could be linked to medicines for ...

A DISEASE dating back to times of ancient Greece is making a comeback and it could be caused by a popular acid reflux drug, ...

Adding folic acid to flour could prevent around 200 cases of neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, every year, and ...

A common acid reflux medication taken by 15 per cent of the UK population could be contributing to a rise in scurvy cases, ...

Folic acid to be added to non-wholemeal flour to protect newborn ... producers without compromising the public health outcomes of the policy. Introducing the use of improvement notices. This is a more ...

AN ancient disease has been making a comeback and it could be caused by an acid reflux drug, a new study has warned. Health ...