NEWS AND ARTICLES
The New Age Online (South Africa) - Foetal alcohol syndrome rate drops 30%
There’s been a dramatic drop of 30% in the incidence of foetal alcohol
syndrome disorders (FASD) in the province since 2002, apparently as a result of
successful prevention programmes by the Foundation for Alcohol Related
Research.
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Nursing Review (Australia) - Push
for national strategy for foetal alcohol disorder
A parliamentary inquiry is generating calls for FASD to be recognised
as a disability. Parents, foster carers, nurses and other health workers who
have experience with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders have been urged to tell
their story to federal parliament.
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Smithers Interior News (Canada) - Rural
area great for hosting FASD conference
Renowned doctor and speaker Gabor Maté opened last week’s regional Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) conference in Smithers with a keynote address.
Read moreRenowned doctor and speaker Gabor Maté opened last week’s regional Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) conference in Smithers with a keynote address.
CTV Saskatoon (Canada) - Convention
helps people learn to cope with FASD
A preventable disorder is still a concern in Saskatchewan. Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder affects a person's ability to cope in life.
Conventions, like the one held in Saskatoon this week, hope to give a better
understanding of FASD, so those with it can lead a better life.
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Voxy (New Zealand) - Scandalous
perpetuation of brain damage to children
Alcohol Healthwatch launched an on-line resource today to assist health
professionals talk to their pregnant patients about alcohol.
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The Associated Press (USA) - Tribe
suing beer companies for alcohol problems
An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers
Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related
problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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Telegraph.co.uk (South Africa) - South
Africa considers law banning sale of alcohol to pregnant women
The move is designed to cut one of the world's highest rates of Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome, which sees babies develop mental and physical defects in the
womb due to a mother's heavy drinking.
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New York Times (USA) - Dog is
Only Cure for 13-Year-Old with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
In May 1999, Donnie Kanter Winokur, 43, a writer and multimedia
producer, and her husband, Rabbi Harvey Winokur, 49, beheld the son of their
dreams, the child infertility denied them. Andrey, a pale dark-eyed 1-year-old
in a cotton onesie, held in a standing position by a caregiver, appeared in a
short videotape recorded in a Russian orphanage. If the couple liked the little
boy, they could begin the legal process of adopting him. They liked the little
boy very much.
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Vaada E-News (Australia) - Hansard:
Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee - inquiry into the incidence and
prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
Monday, 13 February 2012 House of Representatives - Committees - Social
Policy and Legal Affairs Committee - inquiry into the incidence and prevention
of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
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RESOURCES
AKOAOTEAROA - Pregnancy &
Alcohol Cessation Toolkit
This resource aims to improve health professional’s consultation
confidence and competence to optimise the implementation of the Ministry of
Health’s practical guide on alcohol and pregnancy.
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Information and ideas to help
persons with FASDs live healthy and purposeful lives
Best I Can Be: Living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Effects by Liz
Kulp.
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NIAAA - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders: Understanding the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
When pregnant women drink, they put their unborn babies at risk for a
wide range of physical, cognitive, and behavioral problems. In fact, prenatal
alcohol exposure is the leading preventable cause of birth defects in the United
States.
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Deborah Rutmans presentation at
the FASD Support Network of Saskatchewan Conference „Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder Here and Now“
RESEARCH
Alcoholism - Metabolic
Biomarkers of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure in Human Embryonic Stem Cell–Derived
Neural Lineages
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are a leading cause of
neurodevelopmental disability. The mechanisms underlying FASD are incompletely
understood, and biomarkers to identify those at risk are lacking. Here, we
perform metabolomic analysis of embryoid bodies and neural lineages derived
from human embryonic stem (hES) cells to identify the neural secretome produced
in response to ethanol (EtOH) exposure.
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Alcoholism - Housing in
Environmental Complexity Following Wheel Running Augments Survival of Newly
Generated Hippocampal Neurons in a Rat Model of Binge Alcohol Exposure During
the Third Trimester Equivalent
WR followed by EC could provide a behavioral model for developing
interventions in humans to ameliorate hippocampal-dependent impairments
associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research - FASD Learning Series webcast: „Cognitive
Interventions to Improve Memory“
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. 9-11 AM.
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Nutrition Research Institute -Registration
2012 Frontiers in Nutrition Seminar Series
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 "The Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders (FASD)" Dr. Philip May.
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The FASD Trust (UK) - Managing
Difficult Behaviour in FASD Children in the Community
Friday, 24 February 2012 09:30 - 16:30 (GMT)
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EUFASD - Second European
Conference on FASD
The European FASD Alliance is pleased to announce the Second European
Conference on FASD – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: clinical and biochemical
diagnosis, screening and follow-up, which will take place in Barcelona, October
21 to 24, 2012.
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IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Medical facts (Netherlands) - Joldersma:
vaart maken met waarschuwingslogo alcohol
De minister van VWS moet zo snel mogelijk om tafel met de
alcoholbranche om te praten over een waarschuwingslogo voor zwangere vrouwen op
alcoholhoudende dranken. Dat bepleitte Cisca Joldersma tijdens een Algemeen
Overleg over het alcoholbeleid. Onlangs gaf de minister in antwoord op
schriftelijke vragen van Sabine Uitslag (CDA) aan dat ze wil proberen het logo
via zelfregulering in te voeren.
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