'Vitamin' for baby brain disorder

A dietary supplement taken during pregnancy could cut the risk of hydrocephalus, research suggests. 

Tests on rats showed a combination of folates dramatically reduced the rates of hydrocephalus - in which fluids build up in the brain's chambers.

They even seemed to work after the condition had started to develop.

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