The Telegraph (South Africa) - South Africa’s alcohol addiction and the disabled newborns paying the price
South Africa’s Western Cape is known for its dramatic coastlines and acres of wineland. But behind the blue skies and rolling hills, the province is grappling with a heartbreaking health crisis.
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RNZ (New Zealand) - Veteran alcohol harm
reduction campaigner's message for non-Māori organisations
Speaking at the event, Rātu gave a brief summation of Māori efforts to
reduce alcohol harm, focussing on work around Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
(FASD).
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FASD Hub Australia (Australia) - Provide
your feedback
A draft version of the Australian Guidelines for Assessment and Diagnosis
of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) or Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (ND/PAE) is now ready for public
consultation, closing April 21, 2024.
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CanFASD (Canada) - Students travel to
Canada FASD Conference to share their research
Celisse Bibr and Taylor Watkins were recipients of the Student Travel Award
for the Canada FASD Conference 2023. In this blogpost, they give their
first-hand experiences of attending the conference and sharing their research.
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CanFASD - Top FASD Articles of 2023
Announced
Every year, CanFASD publishes a list of our picks for the top FASD research
articles published the previous year. The goal is to highlight some of the
great work that is being done in this field.
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VIDEOS and MATERIALS
FASD Hub Australia - Misuse of evidence and downplaying harms: unpacking
assertions of the alcohol Industry
Research has uncovered the tactics commonly used by alcohol industries in
order to manipulate evidence, misrepresent the harms of alcohol, and influence
public health policy for their own gains.
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Illuminate Colorado - FASD Unveiled:
Shedding Light, Spreading Awareness, and Building Support
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is a group of conditions that can
occur in individuals who were exposed to alcohol before birth. It can result in
a range of physical, cognitive, and behavioral challenges.
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Education Scotland - Education Scotland
Introduction to FASD webinar
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Medical Centric - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in
Teenagers: A Closer Look
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SPED Homeschool - Episode 161:
Homeschooling a Child with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Our special guest on this pre-recorded broadcast of Empowering Homeschool
Conversations was Natalie Vecchione, adoptive homeschool mom, FASD parent, and
owner of FASD Hope.
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Insight Queensland - 13 Mar 24: Nicole
Hewlett - Aboriginal wisdom in the FASD space shifts your knowing, being and
doing
The Australian FASD Indigenous Framework unfolds the shifts that
non-Aboriginal health professionals and Aboriginal communities each need to
make in their respective ways of knowing, being and doing in order to
facilitate equitable access to healing-informed, strengths-based and culturally
responsive FASD resources.
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Patricia Kasper, Your FASD Coach - Decoding
Alexithymia - a Guide for FASD Families with Dr. Jerrod Brown
In this insightful episode of Living with FASD, host Patti Kasper, your
FASD coach, welcomes back Dr. Jerrod Brown for a deep dive into the world of
alexithymia and its intersection with FASD.
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Patricia Kasper, Your FASD Coach - The
Superpower Within: FASD and Embracing Inner Strengths with Emily Hargrove
In this invigorating episode of Living with FASD, host Patti Kasper
welcomes back the insightful and dynamic Mrs. Emily Hargrove from the adult
leadership collaboration of the FASD change makers.
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Rural FASD Support Network - Jill Dunkley
of Yoga Therapy on Mindfulness
Jill provides some background on mindfulness and leads Rural FASD
Caregivers through an exercise on how to practice mindfulness.
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Justice For Orphans - The Adoption &
Foster Care Journey Podcast - Ep. 420 - My FASD Feelings with Lauren Bedard
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with Laura Bedard. Laura and her
husband are parents of an adopted son with FASD. She’s part of the FASD United
Family Navigator team and author of the children’s books, "My Adopted
Feelings" and "My FASD Feelings".
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FASD Success Show - #151 Why Accepting
Help… Helps! Unveiling Aaron Howlett’s Journey from Acceptance to Advocacy in
FASD
This episode takes us deep into the life of Aaron Howlett, a vibrant
17-year-old with FASD, whose story of acceptance, support, and advocacy
illuminates the path for families navigating similar journeys.
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Creating a Family - Getting a Diagnosis for
Prenatal Alcohol or Drug Exposure
Check out this show with Dr. Yasmin Senturias, a developmental-behavioral
pediatric specialist with 28 years of experience in developmental pediatrics
and prenatal substance exposure. She worked with the American Academy of
Pediatrics on developing their FASD Toolkit.
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RESEARCH
University of New Mexico - Elevation of
miR-150-5p in Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells as a result of Prenatal
Alcohol Exposure is Mediated by Transcriptional Mechanisms
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) affect the development of children
prenatally exposed to alcohol. Severe forms of FASD involve altered structure
and function of brain microvasculature.
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University of New Mexico - Altered neuronal
network connectivity in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
We investigated how Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) affects brain
connections in children 6-8 years of age using noninvasive brain imaging.
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International Research Journal on Advanced
Engineering and Management (IRJAEM) - A Qualitative Study on “Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome” (FAS)
This post positivist qualitative research was designed to address factors
that contribute to alcohol consumption during pregnancy and the amount of
information regarding fetal alcohol syndrome.
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Alcohol - Gestational choline
supplementation ameliorates T-maze reversal learning deficits induced by first
trimester binge alcohol exposure in weanling lambs
These results suggest that maternal dietary choline supplementation can
ameliorate or prevent some impairments of executive function in a sheep model
of FASD.
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Special Care in Dentistry - The oral
health-related quality of life of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
The results demonstrated that children who live with FASD have a poorer
OHRQoL. Overall, more investigation is necessary to identify the best ways to
improve the OHRQoL of children living with FASD.
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SPIE.Digital Library - Utilizing optical
coherence angiography to assess the acute and multiple dose effects of prenatal
alcohol exposure on fetal brain vasculature
In this study, we assess the acute and persistent effects of alcohol
exposure on fetal brain vasculature in utero. We also analyzed the effects of
different alcohol dosages (1.5 g/kg, 3.0 g/kg, and 4.5 g/kg) on fetal brain
vasculature.
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NeuroImage: Clinical - Associations between
low-moderate prenatal alcohol exposure and brain development in childhood
This study reports a relationship between low-moderate PAE throughout
gestation and cingulate cortex and cingulum tract alterations, suggesting a
teratogenic vulnerability. Further investigation is warranted.
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Developmental Psychology - Longitudinal
effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on visual neurodevelopment over infancy
Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) affects neurodevelopment in over 59 million
individuals globally. Prior studies using dichotomous categorization of alcohol
use and comorbid substance exposures provide limited knowledge of how prenatal
alcohol specifically impacts early human neurodevelopment. In this longitudinal
cohort study from Cape Town, South Africa, PAE is measured
continuously—characterizing timing, dose, and drinking patterns (i.e., binge
drinking).
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BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health - Interconnections
between unintended pregnancy, alcohol and other drug use, and pregnancy, birth,
infant, childhood and socioeconomic outcomes: a scoping review
There is a paucity of data examining the intersection between AOD use and
UIP and further research is needed.
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Europe PMC - Perinatal risk factors and
subclinical hypomania: a prospective community study
These findings show perinatal risk factors to be associated with
subclinical hypomania and ‘high-risk’ for BD. Future work should explore the
mechanisms underlying these longitudinal associations, which could shed light
on prevention and intervention efforts.
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Europe PMC - The absence of mandatory
pregnancy warning labels in online alcohol purchasing contexts
The almost complete absence of the mandatory pregnancy warnings on the main
product pages of major alcohol retailers' websites highlights the regulatory
problems posed by the emerging shift to online shopping.
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Alcohol and Alcoholism - Associations
between alcohol taxes and varied health outcomes among women of reproductive
age and infants
Results show protective associations between increased wine and spirits
volume-based and sales taxes with infant and maternal morbidities.
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Andrology - Associations between a paternal
healthy lifestyle score and its individual components with childhood overweight
and obesity
Almost half of the fathers had unfavorable lifestyle factors around
pregnancy. A low paternal HLS was associated with a greater child WHtR at 9
years but not with a higher risk of childhood OWOB when measured by BMI
z-scores or IOTF categories.
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University of Kent - Pregnancy After “a
Choice to Drink”: Meanings of Autonomy in England's Policies on Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder
There are few areas of social life where the paradox of autonomy is played
out more continually than with pregnancy. This chapter considers meanings
ascribed to autonomy through discussing an analysis of policy documents about
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) published by health authorities in
England.
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IN OTHER LANGUAGES
FH Münster (Germany) - Hochschulzertifikatskurs „FASD-Fachkraft“
Alkoholkonsum der Mutter in der Schwangerschaft kann für die betroffenen
Kinder lebenslange Folgen haben. Da die Symptome sehr variabel ausgeprägt sein
können, wird heute der Terminus Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
verwendet.
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Gov.pl (Poland) - O więziach, stylach
przywiązania dziecka oraz o FASD rozmawiano na konferencji w
Warmińsko-Mazurskim Urzędzie Wojewódzkim
11 marca 2024 r., w Warmińsko-Mazurskim Urzędzie Wojewódzkim odbyła się
konferencja, której organizatorem był Marszałek Województwa
Warmińsko-Mazurskiego Marcin Kuchciński we współpracy z Wojewodą
Warmińsko-Mazurskim Radosławem Królem.
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