{
  "id": 4717896,
  "title": "Higher vitamin B12 levels in both parents associated with a lower risk of birth defects",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/higher-vitamin-b12-levels-in-both-parents-associated-with-a-lower",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-31T21:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-higher-vitamin-b12-parents-birth.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A prospective cohort study quantifying the associations of parental vitamin B12 and red blood cell (RBC) folate with birth defects found that higher parental vitamin B12 before conception and higher maternal RBC folate concentrations after conception were associated with lower birth defect risk.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}