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Folic acid: What is all the fuss about?

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From Government ampaign encouraging women to take supplients containing folic acid, one may wonder what all the hullabaloo is about. We talk about people who are living through hell because a mother lacked the nutrient during pregnancy.

Throughout his life, Eric Marandu has watched in bewilderment as his peers walked and went about life using their legs with ease. Though he was born with a functional pair, Eric has lived without the ability to walk; all because of a small lump in his lower back that he emerged with from the womb.

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