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 ...

New regulations that will see folic acid added to all non-wholemeal flour in the UK will prevent around 200 cases of ...

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

Doctors have warned that an ancient disease that peaked in the 16th century is making a comeback thanks to a common pill ...

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 ...

Bread and flour will be fortified with an essential vitamin in a bid to prevent serious birth defects in hundreds of babies ...

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