Folate, also called B9, is an essential B vitamin that our bodies use to form DNA and produce red blood cells. A folate deficiency can cause symptoms like weakness and headaches to depression and ...

Medically reviewed by Archana Sharma, DO Key Takeaways Eating foods high in folate can help prevent folate deficiency. Folate ...

Leucovorin is being reviewed by the FDA for treating cerebral folate deficiency, which causes developmental delays and autism-like features in children. GSK aims to update leucovorin's label for CFD ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of the drug leucovorin to treat children with cerebral folate deficiency and symptoms of autism. Kevin Pelphrey is the Harrison-Wood ...

Some research suggests people with cancer may have an increased risk of folic acid deficiency, which may be due to cancer-related complications and treatments. Folic acid, also called folate or ...

Genetic alterations lie at the heart of cancer development, but scientists may have been overlooking a powerful driver of these changes—the everyday nutrients that feed our cells.

Scientists have learned more about the genetic factors that may underlie double-jointedness, also known as hypermobility, and diseases that affect connective tissue called hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos ...

Genetic alterations lie at the heart of cancer development, but scientists may have been overlooking a powerful driver of ...

Treatment with folic acid was linked to reduced rates of suicide attempts, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry. “There are no real side effects [with folic acid], it doesn’t cost a lot of money, ...

Megaloblastic anemia is a blood condition that causes a person to have atypical red blood cells. The red blood cells become misshapen and unusually large (megaloblasts), and the bone marrow makes ...