Medscape (USA) - Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome Underdiagnosed in Children
Fetal alcohol
syndrome (FAS) is widely underdiagnosed in young children, preventing
them from receiving crucial support services early in life, a new
study finds.
WebMD.Boots.com
(UK) - New advice for mums-to-be says "no alcohol"
Women planning a
pregnancy, and those in the first three months of a pregnancy, are
being advised not to drink any alcohol under new guidance.
WAFB.com - Experts
work to keep expectant mothers from drinking
Most people have
heard of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, but it's a disorder that's often
misunderstood. Most children exposed to alcohol in the womb can
develop a lesser form of a similar condition that falls under the
umbrella of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). It's the subject
of a recent documentary produced by a world-renowned expert on the
subject.
Deming Headlight
(USA) - Data shows high rate of drug, alcohol use in expectant
moms
About one in 20
expectant women in the United States report heavy alcohol use during
their pregnancy, according to the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Center.
Government of
Canada (Canada) - Government of Canada Supports Young Offenders
Living with FASD
Today, Justice
Minister Peter MacKay, along with Member of Parliament for Yukon Ryan
Leef, announced $536,658 in funding to the McMan Youth, Family and
Community Services Association in Calgary to fund a new FASD Housing
Coordinator.
VIDEOS and MATERIALS
Alcohol-Free
Pregnancy - Stephen DeJoseph on Living with FASD
NOFAS seeks to
create a global community free of alcohol-exposed pregnancies and a
society supportive of individuals already living with FASD.
Adrienne Bashista – FASD Book
I am collecting
names and experiences of folks who are living with FASD (meaning they
ARE a person with FASD, a parent, family member, caregiver,
husband/wife, partner, or a professional working with folks with an
FASD) to create a collection of stories to illustrate the HOPE and
HEALING that can occur when FASD is recognized as a neurobehavioral
disability, and understood accordingly.
UPCOMING
Understanding and supporting
children with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Course –
March 2
Understanding and
supporting children with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) A
half-day training session.
6th International Conference on FASD
in Vancouver: Mar 3 – 7, 2015
This conference
continues to bring together experts from multiple disciplines to
share international research.
RESEARCH
Canadian Journal
of Neurological Sciences - Ethical and social challenges in
newborn screening for prenatal alcohol exposure
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Prenatal alcohol exposure
alters steady-state and activated gene expression in the adult rat
brain
Prenatal alcohol
exposure (PAE) is associated with alterations in numerous
physiological systems, including the stress and immune systems. We
have previously shown that PAE increases the course and severity of
arthritis in an adjuvant-induced arthritis (AA) model.
BMJ Open - In
utero exposure to alcohol and puberty in boys: a pregnancy cohort
study
Epidemiological
studies have raised concerns about the reproductive consequences of
in utero exposure to alcohol.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Genetic absence of nNOS
worsens fetal alcohol effects in mice. II: Microencephaly and
neuronal losses
Prenatal alcohol
exposure can kill developing neurons, leading to microencephaly and
mental retardation. However, not all fetuses are equally vulnerable
to alcohol's neurotoxic effects.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Changes in the methylation
status of DAT, SERT, and MeCP2 gene promoters in the blood cell in
families exposed to alcohol during the periconceptional period
Alcohol exposure
has been shown to cause devastating effects on neurobehavioral
development in numerous animal and human studies. The alteration of
DNA methylation levels in gene-specific promoter regions has been
investigated in some studies of human alcoholics.
IN OTHER
LANGUAGES
Lady.sk (Slovenia)
- Aj na Slovensku už máme vyškolených odborníkov na
diagnostiku fetálneho alkoholového syndrómu
Diagnóza fetálny
alkoholový syndróm (FAS) postihuje na Slovensku ročne približne
jedno z dvesto detí, aj keď názory na tento počet sa odlišujú,
keďže táto oblasť je u nás ešte stále pomerne neprebádaná.
Inhimillisiä
Uutisia (Finland) - FAKTA: SULKEMALLA KORKIN ESTETTÄISIIN MONEN
LAPSEN TURHA KEHITYSVAMMA
Suomessa syntyy
entistä useammin lapsia, joilla on jonkinasteinen alkoholin
aiheuttama vamma.
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