Heart Birth Defects Dropped After Folic Acid Was Added to Food and other top stories.

• Heart Birth Defects Dropped After Folic Acid Was Added to Food

  

  By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The introduction of folic acid-fortified foods in Canada was associated with a decrease in babies being born with heart defects, a new study found. Researchers reviewed data from nearly 6 million births in Canada. The births occurred between 1990 and 2011. Folic acid food fortification became mandatory for all types of flour, enriched pasta and cornmeal in 1998 in Canada. During the study p..

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• Clinton proposes plan to address mental health treatment

  

  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center left, leaves the home of Marcia Riklis, center right, following a private fundraiser in Southampton, N.Y., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) syndication.ap.org SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Hillary Clinton rolled out a comprehensive plan to address millions of Americans coping with mental illness, pointing to the need to fully integrate mental health services into the nation's health care system. Clin..

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• Study finds memory problems in some 9/11 responders

  

  STONY BROOK - A new study by researchers at Stony Brook University found memory problems in a number of Sept. 11, 2001 first responders. "The study found that first responders with PTSD were at increased risk of cognitive impairment," said Sean Clouston, an assistant professor of public health at the school. Clouston is part of the research team that discovered the link. Researchers say that of the 813 first responders they tested,104 had a cognitive impairment and 10 showed signs of possible d..

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• Playing With a Concussion Doubles Recovery Time

  

  Photo New research shows that athletes who leave the game immediately after a concussion recover twice as fast as athletes who keep playing. Credit Fabrizio Costantini for The New York Times High school athletes who kept playing in the minutes after a concussion took nearly twice as long to recover as those who left the game immediately after the head trauma, a new study shows.The finding, published in the journal Pediatrics, is believed to be the first to focus on one ..

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