Interest-free loans. If you loan a significant amount of money to your kids, say, enough to buy a house, itâs important to charge interest. If you donât, the IRS can determine that interest you should have charged was a gift.
Prevention. Folic acid, taken in supplement form starting at least one month before conception and continuing through the first trimester of pregnancy, greatly reduces the risk of spina bifida and other neural tube defects.
1 The rates for neural tube defects in babies exposed to valproate during the first trimester are 30 to 80 times higher than the rate for neural tube defects in the general U.S. population.