NordAN - Danish
study raises further questions regarding alcohol and pregnancy
Children of
mothers who drink alcohol during pregnancy ‘better behaved’,
declares the Telegraph. Children whose mothers drank during pregnancy
perform better, summarizes The Copenhagen Post.
news-medical -
Binge drinking during pregnancy can lead to fetal alcohol syndrome
Recent data shows
that more than 500,000 women in the U.S. report drinking during
pregnancy, with about 20 percent of this population admitting to
binge drinking. Even one episode of heavy drinking can lead to the
collection of birth defects known as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).
BBC News (UK) -
Pub pregnancy test plea to halt FASD
Mothers-to-be are
bombarded with advice during pregnancy, but when it comes to alcohol
the NHS message is clear: avoid it. Can putting pregnancy test kit
machines in pubs go a step further in getting the message across?
Otago Daily Times
(New Zealand) - FASD support offered
Dr Jenny Salmon,
RCpN, BN, PhD, of Vauxhall, makes some points about the diagnosis and
treatment in the South Island of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Bixby Bulletin
(USA) - More counseling needed to reduce pre-pregnancy alcohol use
As the celebratory
New Year’s Eve approaches when opportunities for alcohol use
increase, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) reminds
women who are pregnant or could become pregnant that alcohol use
during pregnancy is a leading cause of preventable birth defects and
developmental disorders in the United States.
eMaxHealth -
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Consequences of Imbibing During
Pregnancy
Alcohol use in
women of childbearing age is ubiquitous. In fact, the Centers for
Disease Control and prevention (CDC) reported that 7.6% of pregnant
women used alcohol and 1.4% admitted to binge drinking (at least 4
drinks at one time) in 2010.
www.reviewnepal.com
(Nepal) - Health ministry to stop smoking, drinking during
pregnancy
The Ministry of
Health and Population is to implement a special program to check the
trend of smoking and drinking alcohol by women during pregnancy.
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.
Science Daily -
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Heart Defects May Be Caused by Altered
Function, Not Structure
Recent data shows
that more than 500,000 women in the U.S. report drinking during
pregnancy, with about 20 percent of this population admitting to
binge drinking.
Journal Sentinel -
Fetal alcohol syndrome changes the way the heart works, study
finds
New research
suggests that fetal alcohol syndrome changes the way the heart
functions before it actually changes the organ's structure.
MNT - How
alcohol leads to birth defects - clues from embryo heart images
Scientists have
found a way to image the very early development of the embryonic
heart in research that may help them to explain how drinking alcohol
in pregnancy can lead to heart defects at the baby's birth.
MATERIALS and
VIDEOS
FASD Webinar- FASD: An In-depth
Overview and National Dialogue with the Experts
For more
information on this presentation, including copies of powerpoint
presentations and other resources, go to the CAPHC Knowledge Exchange
Network at Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Beyond Screening - Understanding the
Core Deficits and Diagnosis of FASD
This webinar is an
extension of our webinar series on screening tools for FASD. We will
be welcoming speakers from the CN-CYR and the NeuroDevNet communities
to help bring some of the latest information on this important
subject.
NeuroDevNet: FASD Research from the
Lab to the Community
Many are familiar
with NeuroDevNet, one of Canadas Research Centres of Excellence, and
their research in genetics and structural alterations in the brain as
a result of fetal alcohol exposure.
RESEARCH
The International
Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research - Screening in treatment
programs for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders that could affect
therapeutic progress
The Life History
Screen may have utility as a self-report measure that can be used at
the outset of treatment to identify clients with cognitive
impairments and learning disabilities due to prenatal alcohol
exposure.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Noticias
de la Ciencia y la Tecnología - La exposición prenatal al
alcohol altera la "circuitería" cerebral
La exposición
prenatal al alcohol altera severamente algunos de los principales
rasgos del desarrollo cerebral, lo cual puede conducir a un
incremento de la ansiedad y a un empobrecimiento de la función
motora, síntomas típicos en humanos con trastornos del espectro
alcohólico fetal (o FASD por sus siglas en inglés), de acuerdo con
las conclusiones a las que han llegado unos neurocientíficos de la
Universidad de California en Riverside, Estados Unidos.
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