The initial plan formulated in early 2004 called for the recruitment of 100, 000 pregnant women from a random sample of U.S. households in about 100 communities, mostly individual counties across the country.

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Early Alzheimer's patients drinking the combination of these nutrients is akin to pregnant women taking folic acid supplements, Wurtman said.

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