After reviewing more than a dozen well designed studies that looked at the relationship between vitamin and/or mineral supplementation and birth outcomes, researchers from Canada have concluded that prenatal multimicronutrient supplementation is associated with a significantly reduced risk of low birth weight and with improved birth weight when compared with iron–folic acid supplementation.

At their annual meeting in Washington DC this week, leaders of the Endocrine Society called for better studies examining the effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on human health and expressed concern about the growing body of evidence suggesting a link between BPA and health problems.