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Pregnant women shouldn't start taking vitamin B3 just yet: reports it prevents miscarriage and birth defects are overblown

  • Written by Claire Roberts, Lloyd Cox Professorial Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
imageThe much-hyped study didn't actually test vitamin B3 supplementation in humans. from www.shutterstock.com

Reports on a new study claim supplementation with vitamin B3 during pregnancy could prevent miscarriages and birth defects.

So should all pregnant women start taking B3 supplements? Not so fast. While this is an interesting and well-done study,...

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