Deficiency of vitamin B12 in the pregnant women may induce the brain or spinal cord defects in their babies, a new study founded.

Women who are vegetarian are at more risk because the vitamin B12 is more concentrated in meat and dairy products than the vegetables, American and Irish researches reported.

Study has founded that, in the women with the deficiency of B12, the risk is 2.5 times greater, to deliver child with neural tube defects which can bring about the partial paralysis or even death, than the pregnant women with the optimum level pf B12.

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Experts have warned that urgent action should be taken to avoid Britain heading for a dementia epidemic due to the Britons’ binge-drinking culture.

The study, which has been published, in the British Journal of Psychiatry, relates excessive drinking to a loss of brain tissue.

Dr James Warner and Dr Susham Gupta say that now people are drinking almost double what they used to in the 1960s and cheaper alcohol can also be a cause. They believe that the problem can be avoided by introducing tough laws.

Excessive drinking is related to a higher risk of dementia, as alcohol accounts for almost a tenth of all cases and heavy drinking is considered to contribute to almost a quarter.

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