Folic acid use declining among Latinas (Los Angeles Times) Health officials worry that there could be a corresponding rise in birth defects. Use of vitamins with folic acid -- a dietary supplement that can prevent neural tube birth defects -- declined among Latinas in California from 2002 to 2006, despite a decade-long public health effort that has raised consumption among black, white and Asian women of childbearing age, according to a study ... [News Source]