CBC.ca (Canada) - Ontario FASD
diagnostic services can't meet the demand
Medical experts
say a lack of diagnostic services in Ontario is preventing people
with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder from reaching their full
potential.
CBCNews (Canada) -
Nunavut FASD posters provoke strong reaction
The Nunavut
government’s dramatic new campaign to prevent fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder is provoking a strong reaction from residents.
ABC Online
(Australia) - Indefinite jail terms for FASD sufferers
inappropriate, WA Chief Justice Wayne Martin says
WA Chief Justice
Wayne Martin has said it is not appropriate for people with foetal
alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) to be indefinitely locked up under
laws for the mentally impaired charged with crimes.
Kansas.com (USA) -
Foley family copes with fetal alcohol disorder
Crystal
Chmielewski is playing with the family dog two hours before her
orientation at Bridges. "I'm pretty excited," the
19-year-old says about her first day at the Sauk Rapids High School
program that will help her prepare for a career.
Alaska Highway
News - Resources for FASD available
Unlike many
diseases and disorders, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is
entirely preventable, and various local resources are available to
help families and childrenaffected.
Northern Journal
(Canada) - Volunteers stitch together picture of FASD
As of last week, a
new quilt hangs in the Northwest Territories Legislature, depicting
personal stories about the impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
(FASD) on communities across the territory.
SABC (South
Africa) - N Cape govt to tackle Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
The Northern Cape
government wants liquor stores and taverns to stop selling alcohol to
pregnant women.
Frontiers - Fetal
alcohol and the right to be born healthy…
Finding the cause
and applying the insights towards prevention and treatment forms the
ultimate goal of most disease research. This strategy has been
successfully used to make diseases like Scurvy and Smallpox, a
history.
UPCOMING
Third European Conference on FASD
Building on the
success of the first European conference on FASD (Kerkrade,
Netherlands, 2010) and the second European conference on FASD
(Barcelona, Spain, 2012), we are pleased to announce the third
European conference on FASD, to be held in Rome.
7th Annual Fall FASD
Conference – November 22, 2014
The conference has
been organized by the FASD Collaboration Roundtable’s participating
agencies’
representatives to
provide an opportunity for learning and networking around FASD
through a variety of forums, including lecture, information tables
and group discussions.
VIDEOS and MATERIALS
Mothers to Baby - 2014 FASD
Awareness Month
Did you know it's
estimated that 1 in 100 kids are affected by prenatal alcohol
exposure? Many women need help to stop drinking during pregnancy. Get
expert help on www.MotherToBaby.org
YourAlberta -
Strengthening Parent-Child Attachment Relationship in Children and
Parents
Dr. Sonya Vellet
summarizes 50 years of research in the areas of attachment, child
mental health, brain development and FASD.
RESEARCH
European Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry - Prenatal exposure to binge pattern of
alcohol consumption: mental health and learning outcomes at age 11
The objective of
the study is to investigate whether episodic binge pattern of alcohol
consumption during pregnancy is independently associated with child
mental health and academic outcomes.
Developmental
Psychobiology - Exposure to ethanol on prenatal days 19-20
increases ethanol intake and palatability in the infant rat:
involvement of kappa and mu opioid receptors
Prenatal exposure
to ethanol on gestation Days 19–20, but not 17–18, increases
ethanol acceptance in infant rats. This effect seems to be a
conditioned response acquired prenatally, mediated by the opioid
system, which could be stimulated by ethanol's pharmacological
properties (mu-opioid receptors) or by a component of the amniotic
fluid from gestation-day 20 (kappa-inducing factor).
PLoS One -
Prenatal alcohol exposure increases postnatal acceptability of
nicotine odor and taste in adolescent rats
Human studies
indicate that alcohol exposure during gestation not only increases
the chance for later alcohol abuse, but also nicotine dependence. The
flavor attributes of both alcohol and nicotine can be important
determinants of their initial acceptance and they both share the
component chemosensory qualities of an aversive odor, bitter taste
and oral irritation.
Alcohol - Chronic
prenatal ethanol exposure alters expression of central and peripheral
insulin signaling molecules in adult guinea pig offspring
Maternal ethanol
consumption during pregnancy can produce a range of teratogenic
outcomes in offspring. The mechanism of ethanol teratogenicity is
multi-faceted, but may involve alterations in insulin and
insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling pathways.
Journal of the
International Neuropsychological Society - The clinical utility
and specificity of parent report of executive function among children
with prenatal alcohol exposure
Prenatal alcohol
exposure and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) result
in behavioral issues related to poor executive function (EF). This
overlap may hinder clinical identification of alcohol-exposed
children.
BMC Pregnancy and
Childbirth - Study protocol: Asking QUestions about Alcohol in
pregnancy (AQUA): a longitudinal cohort study of fetal effects of low
to moderate alcohol exposure
Despite extensive
research, a direct correlation between low to moderate prenatal
alcohol exposure (PAE) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders has been
elusive. Conflicting results are attributed to a lack of accurate and
detailed data on PAE and incomplete information on contributing
factors.
PLoS One -
Inhibition of histone H3K9 acetylation by anacardic acid can
correct the over-expression of Gata4 in the hearts of fetal mice
exposed to alcohol during pregnancy
Cardiovascular
malformations can be caused by abnormalities in Gata4 expression
during fetal development. In a previous study, we demonstrated that
ethanol exposure could lead to histone hyperacetylation and Gata4
over-expression in fetal mouse hearts.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
BimbiSaniBelli
(Italy) - Alcol in gravidanza: conseguenze sul cervello del
neonato
Nonostante gli
esperti lo sostengano da anni, non tutte le donne pensano che bere
alcol in gravidanza sia davvero nocivo. Alcune sono convinte che
piccole quantità non facciano male né a loro né al bambino. In
realtà, non è così, anche se è vero che i rischi maggiori si
hanno con un consumo elevato di bevande alcoliche.