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Showjumper, 19, with spina bifida sues GP for failing to tell her mother to take folic acid

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A teenage showjumper is suing a GP over his alleged failure to tell her mother to take folic acid before she was conceived.   Paralympic hopeful Evie Toombes, from Skegness, has limited mobility after being born in 2001 with a form of spina bifida. Through her mother Caroline Toombes, the 19-year-old has now brought the first … Read more

Putting folic acid in flour in Britain will save 400 babies each year, scientists say

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Putting folic acid in flour in Britain will save 400 babies each year, scientists say after move was introduced in 80 other countries If woman lacks folic acid when she conceives it increases risk of brain deformity The deficiency also hugely raises the risk of a baby being born with spina bifida Leading experts have … Read more