A researcher from Saskatoon wants to learn more about the effects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) by using honeybees.
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Chosun Biz - Alcohol increases unintended
pregnancy risk by 50%, study finds
A study has found that women who drink excessively have a significantly
increased risk of unintended pregnancy. While both can cause loss of
consciousness, marijuana does not increase the risk of unintended pregnancy.
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Hope Rising Clinic - This Isn't Rare. It's
Just Overlooked. Let's Do Better for Kids with Prenatal Substance Exposure
A recent article highlighted a child navigating life with Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder (FASD), and like so many stories, it was framed as something
rare or unusual. But the truth is—it's not.
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National FASD (UK) - Statement on
forthcoming book speculating about Princess Margaret and FASD
An article in The Telegraph, 30 July 2025 focuses on a new book by Meryle
Secrest that raises questions about whether or not Princess Margeret may have
had Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. The book, Princess Margaret and the Curse:
An Inquiry into a Royal Life, is due for release on 9 September, international
FASD awareness day.
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FASD United - FASD United and Partners
Publish Special Section in Research Journal on FASD Prevention and Intervention
A special section, “Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and
Intervention,” was included in a recent issue of Substance Use & Addiction
Journal (SAj)—the official journal of the Association for Multidisciplinary
Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction.
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FASD United - FASD Researcher Dr. Sarah
Mattson on the Role of CIFASD and Evidence-Based Screening Tools like
BRAIN-online
Dr. Sarah Mattson is a leading researcher in the Collaborative Initiative
on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD) with a deep passion for
understanding FASD and how the brain impacts behavior.
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CanFASD (Canada) - Alberta FASD clinics
spark national dialogue on diagnostic guidelines
In May 2025, the Lakeland Centre for FASD Rajani FASD Diagnostic Training
and Support Services held its annual meeting for all the FASD diagnostic
clinics in Alberta.
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Medicine Today (Australia) - Australian
prevalence data on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
New research estimates the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
(FASD) in the general Australian population to be 3.64%, comparable with rates
in other high-income countries such as the USA and Canada.
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AWHI NGA Matua (New Zealand) - Self-Care
for parents of children with FASD
When parenting a child with a disability, your own self-care can make the
difference between a good day and a bad one.
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VIDEOS
FASD Hub Australia - Professor Elizabeth Elliott - Why is FASD an essential
diagnostic term?
In this video, FASD Hub Australia Chair Professor Elizabeth Elliott
explains why is it important to use the term Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
(FASD) in assessment and diagnosis.
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Patricia Kasper, Your FASD Coach - Understanding
FASD: a Caregiver Guide
In this non-episode episode, Living with FASD podcast host Patti Kasper
delves into the often-overlooked challenges faced by families affected by Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
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Thriving Adoptees - Thriving with FASD
Brian Roberts
FASD is caused by exposure to alcohol in utero. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition with lifelong cognitive, emotional
and behavioural challenges. Listen in as Brian shares his learnings on how
families thrive with FASD.
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Patricia Kasper, Your FASD Coach - Embracing
Hope, Part 2, with Carl Young & Joel Sheagren
In this thought-provoking episode of Living with FASD, a continuation of
last week’s episode, host Patti Kasper engages with Carl Young and Joel
Sheagren, two passionate fathers dedicated to raising awareness about Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and its complexities.
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Continuing Education by Agents of Change - Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (1 General CE Credit)
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Continuing Education instruction for almost 10 years! From all of this
experience, I've built Agents of Change, where we offer unlimited continuing
education courses and credits for a low annual subscription price.
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RESEARCH
PrePrints - Docosahexaenoic Acid Increases the Brain Resolution Lipid
Mediators of Inflammation in Rat Pups Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol
A study of the response by the lipid mediators of inflammation to alcohol
insult and DHA supplementation can provide vital information on the
pathogenesis of FASD/FAS and the potential ameliorative role of DHA.
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University of Victoria - Narrated subjects: Parent advocacy,
biopower, and the politics of FASD in Canada
This thesis seeks to understand why a self-advocacy movement comparable to
those in other neurodivergent communities has not emerged among people with
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Canada.
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Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Prenatal
alcohol exposure induces microglia to release exosomes with an elevated level
of MIP-1α that participates in apoptotic process of stress-regulatory
proopiomelanocort in neurons via glutamate excitotoxicity
Microglia are known to participate in ethanol-activated neuronal death of
stress-regulatory proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons in the hypothalamus
leading to hyper corticosterone response to stress and anxiety-like behaviors
in a rat model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
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Alcohol Research: Current Reviews - Nonconceptus
Mechanisms of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure That Disrupt Embryo-Fetal Development:
An Integrative View
Exogenous mechanisms of alcohol’s teratogenicity are intertwined. Alcohol
remodels the maternal enteric microbiome, with potential consequences to fetal
immune function, nutrient availability, and brain development.
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Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research - Does
paternal alcohol consumption affect the severity of traits of fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders?
Paternal alcohol consumption was associated with an independent, negative
influence on child height, head circumference, and verbal IQ. Maternal
drinking, when combined with heavy male drinking, was associated with more
severe FASD outcomes.
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence - Prevalence of
congenital heart defects among children with and without diagnosed fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders, 2016–2022
CHDs were more common among children with FASDs compared to those without FASDs
in two administrative database samples. Increased provider awareness about CHDs
as a potential FASD comorbidity may improve timely CHD care.
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Psychiatry Global Open Science - Decreased
Cerebral Blood Flow in Young Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
CBF is negatively altered in children with PAE. CBF reductions may alter
nutrient and oxygen delivery to the brain, resulting in impaired
neurodevelopment and helping to explain functional deficits seen in PAE.
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European Journal of Epidemiology - Heavy
prenatal alcohol exposure and healthcare use during childhood and adolescence:
a Danish nationwide cohort study 1997–2022
We aimed to quantify their healthcare utilisation patterns compared to all
other Danish children in this nationwide cohort study of children born
1997–2020, followed until Dec 31, 2022.
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Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and
Biological Psychiatry - Role of gut microbiota and its functional products
in prenatal alcohol-induced anxiety-like behavior
This study identified several bacterial taxa and SCFAs potentially involved in
the mechanisms through which PAE induces anxiety-like behaviors.
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Pathophysiology - Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
and Congenital Heart Defects: Retinoic Acid Deficiency as a Potential Mechanism
in Dextro-Type Transposition of the Great Arteries
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a preventable cause of developmental
disabilities linked to prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Congenital heart
defects (CHDs) are frequently observed in FASD, with a notable association
between PAE and dextro-type transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA).
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence - DIFFERENCES
IN TOBACCO SMOKING AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONG 57,757 WOMEN FROM EARLY TO
LATE PREGNANCY: A STATE-REPRESENTATIVE STUDY IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
The results highlight that interventions targeting alcohol use should be
delivered pre-conception and during early pregnancy, whereas smoking
interventions should span the entire trajectory, as these behaviours are less
likely to change overtime.
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Addiction - Alcohol and drug use and
attainment of pregnancy preferences in the southwestern United States: A
longitudinal cohort study
Heavy drinking, but not cannabis use or other drug use, appears to be
associated with elevated pregnancy risk among those who most desire to avoid
pregnancy.
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PsyArXiv Preprints - The prevalence of
antenatal alcohol use and associations with co-occurring substance use and
mental health: analysis of 50,225 women during pregnancy in the UK
This study highlights the need to improve adherence to guidelines recommending
complete abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy.
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Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law - An
international overview of child protection services to protect unborn children
from significant harm
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the availability of pre-birth
protection orders in cases of imminent harm to the unborn child due to
high-risk parenting in the Netherlands and other Western countries.
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IN OTHER LANGUAGES
UP (Germany) - S3-Leitlinie zu „Fetalen Alkoholspektrumstörungen“
aktualisiert
Der Innovationsausschuss beim Gemeinsamen Bundesausschuss(G-BA) die
S3-Leitlinie „Versorgung von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Fetalen
Alkoholspektrumstörungen“ aktualisiert. Die Leitlinie kann ab sofort auf der
AWMF-Website abgerufen werden.
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