Health Talk connecting people with health issues, providing peer to peer support The study, to examine the effects of folic acid on blood pressure included more than 150,000 women between 26 and Can Folic Acid Stop High Blood Pressure? (New York-WABC, January 18, 2005) — You may have heard about folic acid. It's a type of vitamin that can prevent birth defects. But a new study says folic acid may have another health benefit: it may help women prevent high blood pressure. Folic Acid and High Blood Pressure. HEALTH NEWS — Folic acid supplements, taken by pregnant women to prevent birth defects, may also fight hypertension or high blood pressure. A Focus on High Blood Pressure: Medical information about hypertension, its Treatment, Therapies and Prevention association between the amount of dietary folic acid and blood pressure was most dramatic in those women any scientific rationale for treating high blood pressure with folic acid. Search MSNBC: Advertisement. RESOURCE GUIDE. sponsored by. Cardiovascular Health. Folic acid may prevent high blood pressure. Study finds link between supplement, hypertension in women. Updated: 4:02 p.m. ET Jan. 18, 2005 intake and prevention of high blood pressure," said John Forman, a physician India News Channel: Latest News & Current Affairs on India updated hourly likely to have high blood pressure. Folic acid reduces the risk of high blood pressure significant relationship between folic acid supplementation and high blood pressure risk, but