NEWS and ARTICLES
Sky News (South Africa) - South
Africa: Women Drinking To Harm Babies
Mothers in one of
South Africa's poorest areas are drinking heavily to deliberately
damage their unborn babies - just so they can claim disability
benefit.
Globe and Mail -
Unplanned parenthood: how drinking while pregnant changes lives
forever
Crystal Piquette
is 31 and ripped, her biceps and flat tummy a testament to the
rigours of her factory job. Her life seems ordinary – she has a
boyfriend and five cats, does handicrafts and dreams of buying a home
– but it’s a quantum leap for someone who ran away from home at
17 to live on the street.
Globe and Mail
(Canada) - Educating Austin: supporting kids with fetal alcohol
syndrome
School can be a
problem for children like Austin Layte. He was in Grade 3 last year,
but spent most of May and June, not in class but in the principal’s
office – visits that mystified a boy who always seem to have a
storm brewing inside.
Scientific
American - How Much Alcohol Is Safe for Expectant Mothers?
On the night of my
32nd birthday, my husband and I enjoyed a delicious dinner while on
vacation in Orvieto, Italy. To complement my pasta, I enjoyed a
single glass of red wine, my first since learning I was pregnant four
months earlier. Even now my indulgence inspires periodic pangs of
guilt: Did I stunt my son’s potential by sipping that Sangiovese?
Wadena Pioneer
Journal (USA) - Public Health Matters: January is National Birth
Defects Prevention Month
Wadena County
Public Health wants to let you know that January is National Birth
Defects Prevention Month. Together, with the National Birth Defects
Prevention Network (NBDPN), we work to make information available on
how to prevent birth defects and also give support to families who
are dealing with a child born with a birth defect.
Glasgow Evening
Times (Wales) - 88% of pregnant women who tried to quit smoking
started again within 4 weeks
Figures show the
message is still not getting through to women about the dangers of
prenatal smoking. A total of 1270 women were referred to NHS Greater
Glasgow and Clyde's Smokefree Pregnancy Service from From April 1 to
September 30 this year.
U.S. News &
World Report (USA) - Thousands of U.S. Babies Born With Cleft Lip,
Palate Each Year
It's not clear
exactly what causes oral clefts, according to the March of Dimes.
Some factors that have been associated with an increased risk for
cleft lip and palate include changes in some genes, a deficiency of
folic acid before pregnancy, taking certain medications while
pregnant, drinking alcohol during pregnancy and having certain
infections during pregnancy.
The Delta
Discovery - The Difference Between FAS and FAE
Originally, FAS
was an acronym for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and FAE for Fetal Alcohol
Effect. In the early years of research on the effects of alcohol on
the developing fetus, the terms FAS and FAE were used to distinguish
between a syndrome that could be detected by observation and less
noticeable effects from the alcohol upon the developing nervous
system.
USA TODAY -
Parents plead for easier route to help mentally ill kids
Starting at age 7,
Teddy Shuman would transform at a moment's notice from a
sweet-natured boy who struggled with developmental disabilities to a
child driven by uncontrollable rages.
Health-e (South
Africa) - Headway in the fight against FAS
A far-flung
Northern Cape town has been making world headlines over the last few
years. Unfortunately for the wrong reasons - a 2002-study revealed
that more than one in 10 (12.2%) children in the De Aar community had
foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), giving the town the highest reported
rate in the world.
The Observer -
Drinking While Pregnant: Her Baby, Your Problem?
It’s your first
day as a waiter or waitress. You walk up to one of your customers, a
woman with an oddly familiar glow to her skin. She looks up, smiling,
and orders a glass of pinot noir. Seems normal, right? Until you look
down and notice something odd: the woman is pregnant. What do you do?
Pix11 (USA) -
Outrage as hospitals test pregnant moms for drugs near low-income
neighborhoods
Expecting moms in
New York are being drug tested in hospitals near low income
neighborhoods. But pregnancy advocates are calling the practice
racist and discriminatory.
UPCOMING
FASD Throughout the Lifespan: from
prevention to lifelong support
The FASD
Association of Newfoundland & Labrador is inviting you to the
FACE Research Roundtable and our conference FASD Throughout the
Lifespan.
FASD Learning series 2012-2013
Sessions are
available via live webcast.
College of New
Caledonia - FASD Advanced Diploma Online / FASD Online Courses
This post-diploma
program is designed for professionals who are working with
individuals or families affected by FASD. Classes are provided in a
supportive, fully online environment. Join our team of nationally
recognized experts in this field and gain university credits that can
be used toward social, justice, education and health professions.
MOFAS - Video
Project Night for Young Adults Affected by an FASD
We invite young
adults affected by an FASD to join us in creating short videos that
feature you, talking about your experiences. You can talk about what
services have been beneficial for you, what is most frustrating or
what would have been more helpful in making you feel supported and
successful. The videos will be short, easy and fun to make.
MATERIALS
Community Living -
Supporting Success for Adults with FASD
CLBC’s new Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Resource Supporting Success for
Adults with FASD is designed to be used by CLBC staff, service
providers, community members, family members and others who work with
adults with FASD.
RESEARCH
Annals of
Neurology - Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Affects Vasculature
Development in the Neonatal Brain
In mice, prenatal
alcohol exposure induced a reduction of cortical vascular density,
loss of the radial orientation of microvessels, and altered
expression of VEGF receptors. Time-lapse experiments performed on
brain slices revealed that ethanol inhibited glutamate-induced
calcium mobilization in endothelial cells, affected plasticity, and
promoted death of microvessels.
Alcoholism -
Investigating the Influence of Prenatal Androgen Exposure and
Sibling Effects on Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorder in Females
from Opposite-Sex Twin Pairs
There are robust
sex differences for alcohol phenotypes, with men reporting more
drinking and alcohol use disorder (AUD) symptoms than women. However,
the sources of these effects are not completely understood. Sex
hormones, a substantial biological sex difference, exert
neurobehavioral influences and are candidates for influencing sex
differences in alcohol phenotypes. This study investigated the
effects of prenatal androgens based on the hypothesis of prenatal
hormone transfer, which posits that hormones from one twin influence
the development of a cotwin.
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