Alaska Public Radio Network - On
Love, Adoption and Raising 3 Kids With FASD
Not many people
wish to raise a child with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, or
FASD. Diane Lohrey is no different. But when she and her husband
adopted three children, all later diagnosed with an FASD, they
accepted the hardships and the rewards.
SYS-CON Media
(Canada) - Government of Canada Announces Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder Funding in Yukon
Today, the
Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health and Yukon Minister of
Health and Social Services Mike Nixon, announced an investment to
strengthen training and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
(FASD) in Yukon. This investment will increase community awareness,
focus on prevention and fund training for front-line staff.
Kelowna Capital
News - New report looks at the health of homeless and
street-involved youth across BC
McCreary Centre
Society has today published the results of a survey looking at the
health of 12 to 19 year olds who are homeless, precariously housed,
or involved in a street lifestyle.
Medical Daily -
Drinking At Conception May Be Just As Bad As Drinking While
Pregnant
Many mothers-to-be
are aware of the damage drinking can do to their baby. Because of
this, most women take a break from alcohol while pregnant instead of
putting their child at risk of developing fetal alcohol syndrome, a
condition that often results in long-term brain damage and
developmental issues. But can alcohol cause damaging effects at the
moment of conception?
CBC News (Canada)
- Pregnant aboriginal women find 'world of difference' in Edmonton
inner-city program
It's not often a
job description includes monitoring fetal heart rates and taking
blood samples in the back of a car or in the bathroom of a fast food
joint.
MATERIALS and
VIDEOS
FASD Forever -
SUCCESS STORIES
The success
stories that you will read about on these next few pages are from
Caregivers and families all over the world who share many of the same
challenges and battles, but they also share all the amazing little
A-Ha! moments and celebrations, but mostly importantly, these stories
are from families just like yours.
The Arc - Pathways
to Justice™: Get the Facts
Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) are a spectrum of conditions that can
occur to a fetus when a mother drinks alcohol while she is pregnant.
Telethon Kids
Institute – Alcohol, Pregnancy and FASD
Drinking alcohol
during pregnancy can result in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
(FASD) which can cause lifelong disabilities for a person. The damage
to the brain can result in developmental delays; problems with
learning, behaviour, memory, language and communication skills; and
everyday living and socialising skills.
Pregnant Woman Drinking Alcohol |
What Would You Do?
What would you do
if a pregnant mom is thirsty for some booze?
RESEARCH
International
Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health - Smoking
and alcohol drinking during pregnancy as the risk factors for poor
child neurodevelopment - a review of epidemiological studies
Maternal active
and passive smoking and low or moderate alcohol drinking during
pregnancy, taking into account the level of exposure and
developmental or behavioral outcomes, are recognized as a significant
issue from both a clinical and a public health perspective.
Neuroimage:
Clinical - Parietal dysfunction during number processing in
children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Number processing
deficits are frequently seen in children prenatally exposed to
alcohol. Although the parietal lobe, which is known to mediate
several key aspects of number processing, has been shown to be
structurally impaired in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD),
effects on functional activity in this region during number
processing have not previously been investigated.
Alcohol Research:
Current Reviews - Prenatal alcohol exposure and the developing
immune system
Evidence from
research in humans and animals suggest that ingesting alcohol during
pregnancy can disrupt the fetal immune system and result in an
increased risk of infections and disease in newborns that may persist
throughout life.
Child Psychiatry
and Human Development - Neurobehavioral disorder associated with
prenatal alcohol exposure (ND-PAE): proposed DSM-5 diagnosis
Over the past 40
years, a significant body of animal and human research has documented
the teratogenic effects of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE).
Neurobehavioral Disorder associated with PAE is proposed as a new
clarifying term, intended to encompass the neurodevelopmental and
mental health symptoms associated with PAE.
Toxicology Letters
- Prenatal ethanol exposure induces the osteoarthritis-like
phenotype in female adult offspring rats with a post-weaning high-fat
diet and its intrauterine programming mechanisms of cholesterol
metabolism
Osteoarthritis
(OA) development is associated with hypercholesterolemia in adults.
Our previous study demonstrated that offspring with intrauterine
growth retardation (IUGR) due to prenatal ethanol exposure (PEE) had
a high risk of developing hypercholesterolemia and metabolic syndrome
when fed a post-weaning high-fat diet (HFD).
European
Psychologist - Prenatal maternal substance use and offspring
outcomes: overview of recent findings and possible interventions
Evidence from both
human and preclinical studies seems to indicate that maternal
smoking, alcohol drinking, or other drug use during pregnancy can
affect offspring outcomes.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
FAZ - Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany) - Warum bin ich so anders?
Auf die Versorgung
von Menschen, die im Mutterleib durch Alkohol geschädigt wurden,
sind Medizin und Gesellschaft hierzulande nicht vorbereitet. Dabei
sind Zehntausende davon betroffen. Über ein Leben, das nicht ins
Schema passen will.
Freie Presse
(Germany) - Mitleid verwandelt sich schon bald in Anerkennung
Judo hat für Anna
alles verändert. Die Achtjährige, die mit dem Fetalen
Alkoholsyndrom geboren wurde, feiert nicht nur sportliche, sondern
auch Entwicklungserfolge.
Teatro Naturale
(Italy) - Per combattere l'alcolismo occorre aumentare le accise.
La ricetta dell'Ocse
Il consumo medio
annuo nei Paesi dell'Ocse equivale a 9,1 litri di alcol puro pro
capite ed è diminuito del 2,5% negli ultimi 20 anni. A rischio danni
da alcol non solo i maschi meno agiati ma anche ledonne più istruite
e con uno status socioeconomico più elevato.
Delfi (Estonia) -
Ma ei teadnud, et olen rase ja jõin alkoholi — mis nüüd
juhtub?
On ju teada, et
alkohol raseduse ajal mõjutab sinu loote arengut, isegi see klaasike
veini või kerge suvine kokteil. Järgnevalt seletame lahti, mis
täpsemalt lootega juhtub kui sa alkoholi jood.
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