Article archive / April 1, 2013
Originally published: . Volume 4, No. 8. Source pages: 15.
A study from Norway published in the February Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that women who took folic acid supplements prior and during pregnancy were about 40 percent less likely to have their child later diagnosed with autism.
The researchers had physicians ask pregnant women about their supplement use via a questionnaire, and then followed up with the over 85,000 children born from 2002 to 2008.
According to a USA Today report, the critical time period for the women to take the supplement was from four weeks before conception through the eight week of pregnancy.
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