News and articles
The Seattle Times (Denmark) - Danish
study doesn't change the answer: Don't drink while pregnant
A Danish study
suggests a few drinks per week during pregnancy has no effect on
children's intelligence or activity levels. Two University of
Washington professors looked at the study and conclude what most
research shows; It is not safe to drink during pregnancy.
CBC.ca (Canada) - Foster parent says
more FASD supports needed
A foster mother in
Thunder Bay says the community desperately needs more services for
people suffering from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Calgary Herald
(Canada) - 365 babies born with FASD in Alberta each year
For every day of
the year, there's an Alberta baby born brain-damaged because his or
her mother drank while pregnant.
Herald Review
(Denmark) - Danish study gives women mixed message
The Minnesota
Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (MOFAS) is concerned that the
recent research study from Denmark gives women a mixed a message.
Ninemsn
(Australia) - Graphic warnings could fight alcohol abuse
"Demon drink"
is the new health battle-ground, with higher taxes, drinking ages and
graphic warnings similar to those on tobacco products touted as ways
to fight alcohol-related birth defects and other issues.
ABC Online
(Australia) - More education urged on pregnancy drinking risks
The chairman of a
committee investigating foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) says
too many people are unaware of the risks and consequences associated
with drinking alcohol while pregnant.
Marketwire
(Canada) - Government of Canada Announces Funding for Development
of A Substance Abuse Program for Young Offenders in British Columbia
Kerry-Lynne
Findlay, Member of Parliament for Delta-Richmond East and
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice on behalf of the
Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M. P. for Niagara Falls,
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced
funding to the McCreary Centre Society for the development of
effective substance abuse treatment program for young offenders with
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and associated cognitive
impairments in British Columbia.
Courier Mail
(Australia) - Alcohol's damage to fetus won't go away
LAST week my
little boy brought a sheet home from school titled, "No Excuse
Spelling Words - Year Two". Here were 36 words that children,
who had spent the past 21/2 years in school, should be able to spell.
McClatchy
Washington Bureau (USA) – Should fetal alcohol syndrome spare
death row inmates?
A mother's
failures are etched on Mark Anthony Soliz's face. It's the damaged
face of a child whose mother drank heavily, sniffed paint and used
drugs while pregnant, the face of a youth who was largely abandoned.
TopNews Arab
Emirates - Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Haunts Children’s Development
There is no doubt
that women during pregnancy must avoid drinking alcohol, a recent
report showed what kind of affects it can have on such kids.
Science Daily -
Pregnant Women Should Avoid Alcohol During Pregnancy, Experts Say
Experts at the
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine disagree with
a series of new studies from Denmark that suggest consumption of up
to 8 alcoholic drinks a week or occasional binge drinking during
pregnancy is generally safe for the developing baby.
NHS.uk - Daily
drinking in pregnancy 'not safe'
“Pregnant women
can binge drink safely,” according to a report in today’s Metro.
Expectant mothers should be able to “down up to 12 alcoholic
beverages a week knowing it will have no ill effect on their
offspring before the age of five”, the paper continued.
MATERIALS
University of
Washington - Response to Danish Study
A new Danish study
on alcohol and pregnancy reports that drinking up to 8 alcoholic
drinks per week during pregnancy has no effect on children’s
intelligence or activity levels. But this goes against everything we
have heard about the dangers of drinking during pregnancy.
Youtube -
Alcohol.Think Again: No alcohol during pregnancy is the safest
choice
RESEARCH
MJA - Aboriginal
women, alcohol and the road to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
As I have reported
earlier,1 I believe that the historical and political background and
the cultural aspects of drinking have been insufficiently considered.
There is an entrenched expectation of Aboriginal community members
that to drink is an expression of identity and culture.
Alcohol - Effects
of exposure to moderate levels of ethanol during prenatal brain
development on dendritic length, branching, and spine density in the
nucleus accumbens and dorsal striatum of adult rats
These findings
suggest that exposure to moderate levels of ethanol in utero can have
profound effects on brain regions related to reward processing and
provide possible clues relevant to understanding increased
self-administration of drugs of abuse in animals exposed to ethanol
during brain development.
APS -
Vascular Effects of Maternal Alcohol Consumption
Maternal alcohol
consumption during pregnancy is a significant field of scientific
exploration primarily because of its negative effects on the
developing fetus which is specifically defined as Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
Froentiers
- Role of non-coding RNAs in the neuroadaptation to
alcoholism and fetal alcohol exposure
The control of
gene expression is a fundamental process in all of biology.
Understanding the mechanisms by which genes are turned off and on in
a temporally and spatially mediated fashion, represents an area where
major scientific advances are likely to occur in the next decade.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Kreisbote
(Germany) - Fetale Alkoholspektrumsstörung FASD bei Kindern -
Vortrag bei den Gesundheitstagen in Fürstenfeld
„Ca. 10.000
Kinder werden in Deutschland mit FASD geboren, das sind etwa 1,5% der
Geburten“, erzählt Veerle Moubax. „Nur die wenigsten werden
später ein selbständiges, erfülltes Leben führen können“.
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