Vitamins before pregnancy may prevent prematurity

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Women who take multivitamins before conceiving are half as likely to encounter premature births, suggests a new study by University of North Carolina published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Data based on 2000 women at 24-29 weeks of pregnancy showed that vitamin use before conception reduced the risk of premature birth, although continued use through the early months of pregnancy did not seem to influence the risk of prematurity.

Date: 12-Dec-2008