As you have mentioned, there is a well recognised link between inadequate folate intake and spina bifida, which is one of the most common forms of neural tube defects (NTD's).

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Call the Midwife executive producer and writer Heidi Thomas has said she is "moved" by the viral response to Baby June's episode. During the third episode of season 14 of the BBC show, viewers watched ...