NEWS and ARTICLES
Science Daily - Prenatal Exposure to
Alcohol Disrupts Brain Circuitry: No Safe Level of Drinking During
Pregnancy, Neuroscientist Says
Prenatal exposure
to alcohol severely disrupts major features of brain development that
potentially lead to increased anxiety and poor motor function,
conditions typical in humans with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
(FASD), according to neuroscientists at the University of California,
Riverside.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder focus of Sudbury conference
People from across
the country affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder are gathering
in Sudbury this week.
Examiner.com -
Alcohol during pregnancy is dangerous for kids
There appears to
be a belief among many people that drinking some alcohol during
pregnancy is harmless. This is not the prevailing opinion among
experts, who feel staying away from alcohol completely during
pregnancy is the wisest course of action to take.
ABC Online
(Australia) - Pregnant women getting wrong message about alcohol
Doctors and health
advocates say pregnant women are still getting mixed messages about
drinking alcohol. The National Health and Medical Research Council's
(NHMRC) guidelines advise a woman to avoid alcohol completely when
pregnant in order to protect her baby.
Medical News Today
- Lifestyle changes 'could reduce risk' of pregnancy complications
Researchers say
they have identified a number of lifestyle factors that could be
modified in order for a woman to have a healthy pregnancy. This is
according to a study published in the BMJ.
VIDEOS and MATERIALS
IHE (Canada) - Legal Issues of FASD
(all presentations)
In
September 2013, the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) held the
first-ever Consensus Development Conference on Legal Issues of FASD
in Edmonton, Alberta.
Public Health Association of Australia
- Australasian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Conference
Univ.
of California, Riverside - Kelly Huffman, Assistant
Professor of Psychology, University of California, Riverside
Neuroscientist
Kelly Huffman explains her groundbreaking research that shows how a
mother's consumption of alcohol during pregnancy disrupts development
of complex networks of connections in the neocortex of mice,
resulting in dramatic changes in behavior.
First Peoples Child & Family
Review
An
Interdisciplinary Journal Honoring the Voices, Perspectives and
Knowledges of First Peoples through Research, Critical Analyses,
Stories, Standpoints and Media Reviews.
Pregnant
Pause TV - Australia's leading expert in FASD talks about
alcohol and pregnancy
Elizabeth Elliott
AM is Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health at The University of
Sydney; Consultant Paediatrician at The Children's Hospital at
Westmead, Sydney; and a National Health and Medical Council of
Australia (NHMRC) Practitioner Fellow. She's also a Pregnant Pause
Champion!
Managing Mentally Disordered
Offenders with FASD in the Community
Dr. Mansfield
Mela, Dept. Of Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan
14th Annual Fetal
Alcohol Canadian Expertise (FASD) Research Round Table
RESEARCH
Newswise -
Laboratory Awarded NIAAA Funding to Investigate The Epigenetics of
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
USDTL (United
States Drug Testing Laboratory, Inc.) researchers will investigate
the relationship between in utero alcohol exposure and epigenetics
using Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding from the
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
The International
Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research - Inhibition of cholinergic
muscarinic signaling by ethanol: Potential mechanism of developmental
neurotoxicity and biological plausibility for the beneficial effects
of choline supplementation
Central nervous
system dysfunctions are among the most significant effects of in
utero exposure to ethanol. Ethanol has been shown to affect neurons
and glial cells, causing cell loss and impaired cell migration and
maturation. Multiple mechanisms have been suggested to underlie the
effects of ethanol, including interference with growth factors,
cytokines, cell adhesion molecules and neurotransmitters.
Journal of
Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology - Alcohol
Exposure Among Pregnant Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic
Review
The prevalence of
general alcohol use in many countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is
high. However, research examining alcohol use in among pregnant women
within this population is limited. A review of the current status of
research examining the prevalence of alcohol exposed pregnancies
(AEP) is required to inform future research aiming to decrease this
occurrence and its subsequent socio-economic complications.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
lequotidien.re
(France) - Alcoolisation fœtale et justice
Nous remercions Le
Quotidien d’avoir attiré l’attention de ses lecteurs sur la
population carcérale souffrant de troubles mentaux. Nous voudrions
également attirer l’attention sur une cause médicale de troubles
du comportement et de délinquance.
Новостной
проект INFOX.ru (Russia) - Безопасных доз
алкоголя при беременности не существует,
считают нейрофизиологи
Медики и
ученые уже давно изучают, как употребление
алкоголя во время беременности влияет
на развитие плода.
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