Archive for the 'Pregnancy and Newborns' Category
Chemical in baby formula packaging
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008US House Democrat reps, John Dingell and Bart Stupak, are looking into whether a certain chemical used in the packaging of baby formula products poses a danger to infants.
The chemical in question is called ‘bisphenol A’, known to be used by some companies in the lining of baby formula cans and bottles they produce.
Although bisphenol [...]
Premature Births reduced by Folic acid
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Folic acid, known to be high in vitamin B, plays an important role in preventing birth defects in children such as spina bifida.
And now a study, recently published in the US, has shown that folic acid plays an added useful role. It has discovered that women who take folic acid supplements for a minimum of [...]