Top scientists favour Fully Effective Fortification of staple foods with #FolicAcid (Vitamin B9): bit.ly/3nG02Sl. Prevention of #NeuralTubeDefects MUST begin BEFORE pregnancy. Here's why and how: qnis.org.uk/the-uks-half-b… Please Retweet.

Community pharmacies have largely untapped potential for #Preconception & #Interconception information, counselling & advice. Reasons & next steps spelled out in this small qualitative study: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36472949/ Worth taking this potential seriously.

Women with mental health issues have greater need for #Preconception & #Interconception education/care, but less likely to seek or receive it - even for physical health concerns. Analysis of large database from HPBL Partner Tommy's: bit.ly/41krbZF

#PrimaryPrevention is a key to Healthier Pregnancies, Better Lives. Welcome new calls by a trio of Scottish professors bmj.com/content/380/bm… & England's CMO explains why it's needed, resisted and can be accomplished: bmj.com/content/380/bm…

Brilliant explanation & illustration of the biology of conception: bit.ly/3KyAP3Y from NPR Health News Good health during #Preconception is crucial. Healthier Pregnancies, Better Lives depends upon getting it right BEFORE the beginning.

1 in 16 pregnancies are exposed to teratogenic (birth defect causing) medications according to US study: ajog.org/article/S0002-… What is true in Scotland & UK? Crucially, what is being done during #Preconception to reduce risks and PREVENT harm?

Read the first of our new blogs on nursing research: qnis.org.uk/blog/utilising… Whilst studying for his doctorate at University of St Andrews, Iain saw their expansive studies of linked administrative data and was motivated to apply this to nursing. Iain Atherton SCADR Edinburgh Napier University