NEWS and ARTICLES
Healio - Fetal alcohol syndrome
increased psychosocial issues in adulthood
People with fetal
alcohol syndrome as children may have a greater level of psychosocial
outcomes as they grow older, according to a Swedish study.
KMAland - Message
on Drinking When Pregnant is Clear: Zero for Nine
It is completely
preventable, but based on historic rates, there will be tens of
thousands of babies born in the United States this year, including
hundreds in Iowa, with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Minneapolis Star
Tribune (USA) - Researchers developing test for fetal brain injury
Alcohol is the
leading known preventable cause of developmental and physical birth
defects in the United States, according to Kidshealth.org, but many
women still drink during pregnancy (either knowingly or before they
know they are pregnant). About 1 in every 750 infants is born with
fetal alcohol syndrome and another 40,000 with fetal alcohol effects.
iPolitics.ca
(Canada) - Proposed changes to sentencing of FASD victims offer
new hope to offenders
Francis Perry is
an unintentional authority on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. “Most
people with [FASD] have an inability to think before they act, so
they often act and then they end up behind bars — then it’s too
late.” Perry, a First Nations Mi’kmaq from Nova Scotia, was
diagnosed with FASD when he was 20.
Lexology -
Excessive alcohol consumption and the rights of a foetus
The Court of
Appeal has ruled that a seven-year-old girl born with learning
difficulties because her mother drank heavily while pregnant is not
entitled to compensation. The court had to determine whether the harm
caused by excessive alcohol consumption amounted to causing criminal
injury to the child.
Daily Mail (UK) -
Pregnant women should not drink AT ALL because 'no amount of
alcohol is safe'
Women should not
drink any alcohol while they are pregnant because of the risks to
their unborn child, an MP said today. Bill Esterson wants it to be
made compulsory for all alcoholic beverages to carry compulsory
warning labels directed at expectant mothers.
Voice America
(USA) - Developing Services for Canadians Living with FASD
Dr. Dorothy Badry,
PhD, RSW, is an associate professor in the Faculty of Social Work,
University of Calgary, www.fsw.ucalgary.ca. Her doctoral
dissertation, ‘Becoming a Birth Mother of a Child with Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome’, reviewed the lives of 8 women aged 25 to 60
who’d borne children diagnosed with the Syndrome.
Psychology Today -
Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Racial and Social Class Bias
The irony of
timing: just last month two articles appeared within weeks of each
other. The first was published in the on-line version of Cosmo
magazine, detailing why a 30-something year old new mother had
decided to have the occasional drink during pregnancy, ranging from
an “apple-infused craft beer — ‘sippy cup juice for adults’”—
to “a glass or two of wine or a couple of beers per week” and
champagne at her baby shower.
RESEARCH
Journal of
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics - Fine motor skills in
children with prenatal alcohol exposure or fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder
Prenatal alcohol
exposure (PAE) can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and
associated neurodevelopmental impairments. It is uncertain which
types of fine motor skills are most likely to be affected after PAE
or which assessment tools are most appropriate to use in FASD
diagnostic assessments.
Neuroimage -
Prenatal alcohol exposure reduces magnetic susceptibility contrast
and anisotropy in the white matter of mouse brains
Prenatal alcohol
exposure can result in long-term cognitive and behavioral deficits.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) refers to a range of permanent
birth defects caused by prenatal alcohol exposure, and is the most
common neurodevelopmental disorder in the US.
Alcohol - Salivary
cortisol levels are elevated in the afternoon and at bedtime in
children with prenatal alcohol exposure
Prenatal alcohol
exposure can cause dysregulation of the
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which may underlie some of
the behavioral and adaptive problems seen in individuals with Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Prenatal alcohol exposure
alters response of kisspeptin-ir neurons to estradiol and
progesterone in adult female rats
Prenatal alcohol
exposure (PAE) has adverse effects on reproductive function and
hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) activity. Kisspeptin neurons
play a role in mediating feedback effects of estradiol (E-2) and
progesterone (P-4) on the HPG axis.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Adolescent alcohol exposure
alters GABA(A) receptor subunit expression in adult hippocampus
The long-term
consequences of adolescent alcohol abuse that persist into adulthood
are poorly understood and have not been widely investigated. We have
shown that intermittent exposure to alcohol during adolescence
decreased the amplitude of GABA(A) receptor (GABA(A)R)-mediated tonic
currents in hippocampal dentate granule cells in adulthood.
Reproductive
Health - Preconception care: caffeine, smoking, alcohol, drugs and
other environmental chemical/radiation exposure
As providing
health education, optimizing nutrition, and managing risk factors can
be effective for ensuring a healthy outcome for women and her yet
un-conceived baby, external influences play a significant role as
well.
BMC Pregnancy and
Childbirth - Feasibility and acceptability of a novel,
computerized screening and brief intervention (SBI) for alcohol and
sweetened beverage use in pregnancy
Recommended
screening and brief intervention (SBI) for alcohol use during
pregnancy is impeded by high patient loads and limited resources in
public health settings.
Developmental
Neuroscience - Third trimester-equivalent ethanol exposure is
characterized by an acute cellular stress response and an ontogenetic
disruption of genes critical for synaptic establishment and function
in mice
The developing
brain is remarkably sensitive to alcohol exposure, resulting in the
wide range of cognitive and neurobehavioral characteristics
categorized under the term fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
Brain Injury -
Effects of all three trimester moderate binge alcohol exposure on
the foetal hippocampal formation and olfactory bulb
Pre-natal alcohol
exposure results in injury to the hippocampus and olfactory bulb, but
currently there is no consensus on the critical window of
vulnerability.
VIDEOS and
MATERIALS
YourAlberta -
Practical strategies and support for families affected by FASD
Mary provides
practical suggestions about what parents can do to strengthen their
relationships with their children affected by FASD to give the
children the best start in life.
surreyandborders -
What can I do to help my child/adult with FASD? Dr Raja Mukherjee
answers
City of Lakeville
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Law Enforcment
Discover more
about FASD including how it happens, who is effected and what law
enforcement does to try and give a measured response to those
individuals who encounter police.
Jove - Moderate
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Quantification of Social Behavior in
Adult Rats
The goal of the
protocol presented here is to describe procedures to expose rats to
moderate levels of alcohol during prenatal brain development and to
quantify resulting alterations in social behavior during adulthood.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Gazeta.pl (Poland)
- Anna i Jarosław od 7 lat są rodzinnym pogotowiem. "Tu nie
ma czego podziwiać"
Pierwsza była
Zosia. Waga: niecałe dwa kilo, wzrost: tyle co długość dłoni
dorosłego mężczyzny. Do tego FAS (ang. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome),
czyli płodowy zespół alkoholowy, dysplazja oskrzelowo-płucna i
retinopatia (uszkodzenie siatkówki) trzeciego stopnia. Urodziła się
w szóstym miesiącu ciąży, trzy miesiące przeleżała w
inkubatorze. Matka jeszcze w szpitalu zrzekła się dziecka.
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