Irish Times - One glass of wine can
stop foetus breathing, study claims
Professor Peter
Hepper from Queen’s University Belfast carried out a study, the
first of its kind, looking at the effects of low-level alcohol
exposure on foetuses in the womb through the use of 18-weeks scans on
women who drank two and a half units of alcohol per week; the
equivalent to a glass of wine (200ml).
JAMA: The Journal of the American
Medical Association - Missed Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Cases
Fetal alcohol
syndrome (FAS) often goes undetected in children, either because
health care professionals miss the diagnosis or medical records don’t
adequately document the signs and symptoms. But if children with FAS
aren’t properly diagnosed, they’re excluded from records-based
surveillance estimates, which are used to plan clinical services for
kids with the syndrome.
Vital Record - New
research may lead to better outcomes for children born with fetal
alcohol syndrome
According to a
recent study, about half of the 6.6 million pregnancies in the United
States each year are unplanned. As a result, many women may not know
they are pregnant in time to change behaviors that might be
detrimental to unborn children, such as drinking alcohol.
The Newark
Advocate - Spotlighting the dangers of alcohol during pregnancy
Sometimes, people
assume that efforts to educate young people about substance abuse
have to focus on teens and their parents.
iPolitics.ca
(Canada) - Prison ombudsman to offer insights into detainees with
fetal alcohol syndrome
People with Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder wind up in correctional facilities across
the country and face many challenges while there, says Correctional
Investigator, Howard Sapers.
The State
Journal-Register - Karel Homrig: Alcohol poses great risks to
unborn children
April is National
Alcohol Awareness Month, a time to increase public awareness and
understanding, reduce stigma and encourage local communities to focus
on alcohol and alcohol-related issues.
InsideHalton.com -
Brampton man vows to demystify the jargon of Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder
Noble Initiatives,
a Brampton organization providing hope and education to those caring
for someone with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), is hosting a
conference in Mississauga, Thursday, April 9.
THV 11 (USA) -
Senate passes alcohol and pregnancy bill
On Monday, the
Arkansas Senate unanimously passed the Alcohol and Pregnancy
Awareness Act.
iPolitics.ca
(Canada) - Prisons falling behind in treating fetal alcohol cases:
Sapers
Prisons are doing
a poor job of treating inmates afflicted with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder, Correctional Investigator Howard Sapers told a justice and
human rights committee Monday afternoon.
The Guardian (UK)
- My mother, the alcoholic: living with foetal alcohol syndrome
Should heavy
drinking in pregnancy be a crime? A recent test case in the UK was
thrown out, but in the US hundreds of women have been imprisoned. We
meet women and children affected by foetal alcohol syndrome.
Anishinabek News
(Canada) - ‘Brain Gains’ session helps individuals with FASD
Aaron Bowerman
Right to Play Coordinator at Sheguiandah First Nation hosted
Anishinabek Nation Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Worker Laura
Liberty and FASD front line workers. They all participated in an
informative training session called “Brain Gains” aimed at
improving physical activity levels for children exposed to alcohol
during pregnancy.
VIDEOS
Sandy Ren - The
Difficulties of FASD
We had the
pleasure of interviewing a wonderful family about their experience
with FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome), a type of birth defect in the FASD
(fetal alcohol spectrum disorders) category.
Picture This: Life as a Parent of
Children with FASD
A Photovoice
Project that brought mothers together to talk about their experiences
in caring for children with FASD.
MentalHealthTrust
- FASD: The Basics PSA
RESEARCH
Human Brain
Mapping - White matter integrity of the cerebellar peduncles as a
mediator of effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on eyeblink
conditioning
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders (FASD) are characterized by a range of
neurodevelopmental deficits that result from prenatal exposure to
alcohol. These can include cognitive, behavioural, and neurological
impairment, as well as structural and functional brain damage.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Effects of ethanol exposure
in utero on Cajal-Retzius cells in the developing cortex
Prenatal exposure
to ethanol exerts teratogenic effects on the developing brain. Here,
we tested the hypothesis that exposure to ethanol in utero alters the
disposition of Cajal–Retzius cells that play a key role in
orchestrating proliferation, migration, and laminar integration of
cortical neurons in the embryonic cortex.
Acta
Neuropsychiatrica - Neuroimaging effects of prenatal alcohol
exposure on the developing human brain: a magnetic resonance imaging
review
There is a
critical gap in the literature of MRI studies in alcohol-exposed
children under 5 years of age across all MRI modalities. The dynamic
nature of brain maturation and appreciation of the effects of alcohol
exposure on the developing trajectory of the structural and
functional network argue for the prioritisation of studies that
include a longitudinal approach to understanding this spectrum of
effects and potential therapeutic time points.
BioMed Research
International - Postnatal administration of allopregnanolone
modifies glutamate release but not BDNF content in striatum samples
of rats prenatally exposed to ethanol
Ethanol
consumption during pregnancy may induce profound changes in fetal CNS
development. We postulate that some of the effects of ethanol on
striatal glutamatergic transmission and neurotrophin expression could
be modulated by allopregnanolone, a neurosteroid modulator of GABA-A
receptor activity.
Journal of Public
Health - Romantic partner influences on prenatal and postnatal
substance use in young couples
Alcohol, tobacco
and other drug use (ATOD) among adolescent and young adult couples
during prenatal and postnatal periods is a significant public health
problem, and couples may mutually influence each others' ATOD
behaviors.
Journal of
Pediatrics - Universal screening programs for gestational
exposures
International
Immunopharmacology - The protective effect of vitamin E against
prenatal and early postnatal ethanol treatment-induced heart
abnormality in rats: a 3-month follow-up study
Ethanol
consumption during pregnancy is associated with fetal heart
malformation. However, the underlying mechanism of prenatal ethanol
exposure causing heart malfunction is not well known.
Research in
Developmental Disabilities - Community translation of the Math
Interactive Learning Experience Program for children with FASD
The Math
Interactive Learning Experience (MILE), a program designed to address
academic and behavioral problems found in children with Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders (FASD), was found to be effective in a randomized
clinical trials with results that persisted at a 6-month follow-up.
Frontiers in Human
Neuroscience - Self-regulation therapy increases frontal gray
matter in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: evaluation
by voxel-based morphometry
Children with
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder show executive function (EF)
deficits, particularly in self-regulation skills, and abnormalities
in brain regions critical for these skills. None of the validated EF
interventions for these children has been evaluated with regards to
impacts on brain structure.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Gesundheitsstadt
Berlin (Germany) - Hilfe für alkoholgeschädigte Kinder geehrt
Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder, kurz FASD, ist zur Lebensaufgabe von Hans-Lduwig
Spohr geworden. Seit über 40 Jahren beschäftigt sich der Arzt mit
der Diagnostik angeborener
Le Monde (France)
- Alcoolisation fœtale : les mesures avant-gardistes du Canada
De l’hôpital à
la prison, des programmes scolaires aux interventions sociales, le
Canada a développé des mesures avant-gardistes pour répondre aux
défis posés par les troubles causés par l’alcoolisation fœtale
(TCAF).
Neue Nordhäuser
Zeitung (Germany) - Neues Führungspersonal in Sülzhayn
Heute hat Ingo
Engelmeyer die Position des Klinikgeschäftsführers am KMG
Reha-Zentrum Sülzhayn für Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene
mit neurologischem Schwerpunkt übernommen...
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