The Age (Australia) - Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders: 'Hidden' problem is more pervasive than we
thought
Everyone, it
seems, gets a say in the alcohol debate except the unborn child.
Monday's Four Corners program highlighted the need for all of us to
consider the lifelong impact of environmental exposures in the womb
and to ensure that the developing child has the best possible start
to life.
International
Business Times AU (Australia) - Child health expert calls for
federal intervention to curb alcohol during pregnancy
A child health
expert has called for stricter taxes on alcohol by the federal
government to fight hidden and long-term illnesses that are related
to alcohol and pregnancy. A number of conditions expressed as Foetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) arise in children whose mothers
drink during pregnancy.
Clarence Valley
Daily Examiner (Australia) - Prisons’ foetal alcohol disorder
blind spot
THE NSW prison
system admits it does not diagnose foetal alcohol spectrum disorder
(FASD) in either the adult or juvenile justice system.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Mothers' guilt - the harm of drinking while pregnant
Like all mothers,
Anne Russell and Claire Holland love their children dearly. However
both women live with the knowledge their actions during pregnancy
resulted in their children struggling with life.
ABC Online
(Australia) - NT Government yet to act on eight month-old fetal
alcohol report
It was handed a
report on how to deal with foetal alcohol disorder eight months ago.
But the Northern Territory Government is yet to act on a single
recommendation.
The Telegraph (UK)
- Pregnant women could be advised to drink no alcohol under new
NHS guidelines
The UK's chief
medical officer is considering lowering the safe level of alcohol
consumption and advising pregnant women not to drink at all.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Estonia - Avatud
konverents: raseduseaegse alkoholi mõju lootele (November 25, 2015)
MATERIALS and
VIDEOS
POPFASD - Carmen
Rasmussen - Edmonton MILE
Dr Carmen
Rasmussen speaks about a study, conducted in Edmonton, that measured
the effectiveness of the Math Interactive Learning Experience (MILE)
program in school and home settings.
RESEARCH
Neurotoxicology
and Teratology - Low and moderate prenatal ethanol exposures of
mice during gastrulation or neurulation delays neurobehavioral
development
Human and animal
studies show significant delays in neurobehavioral development in
offspring after prolonged prenatal exposure to moderate and high
ethanol doses resulting in high blood alcohol concentration (BECs).
Brain Sciences -
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: potential role of
endocannabinoids signaling
One of the unique
features of prenatal alcohol exposure in humans is impaired cognitive
and behavioral function resulting from damage to the central nervous
system (CNS), which leads to a spectrum of impairments referred to as
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
International
Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research - Retrospective assessment of
prenatal alcohol exposure by detection of phosphatidylethanol in
stored dried blood spot cards: an objective method for determining
prevalence rates of alcohol consumption during pregnancy
Detection of PEth
from newborn DBS cards can identify prenatal alcohol exposure and
also be used for retrospective surveillance of alcohol consumption
during the last three to four weeks of pregnancy, using specimens
that are collected for routine metabolic screening and stored by many
state health departments.
Advances in
Pediatric Research - Ethanol, Neurodevelopment, Infant and Child
Health (ENRICH) prospective cohort: study design considerations
While intervention
is the leading factor in reducing long-term disabilities in children
with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), early identification of
children affected by prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) remains
challenging.
PLoS One - Fetal
alcohol exposure reduces dopamine receptor D2 and increases pituitary
weight and prolactin production via epigenetic mechanisms
Recent evidence
indicated that alcohol exposure during the fetal period increases the
susceptibility to tumor development in mammary and prostate tissues.
American Journal
of Clinical Nutrition - Choline supplementation in children with
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a randomized, double-blind,
placebo-controlled trial
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders (FASDs) are conditions characterized by physical
anomalies, neurodevelopmental abnormalities, and neurocognitive
deficits, including intellectual, executive, and memory deficits.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
HABERTURK (Turkey)
- Alkolü sizinle birlikte bebeğiniz de içiyor!
Yetişkinlere
zararlı olan alkolün bebek de nasıl bir etki göstereceğini
tahmin etmek zor olmasa gerek. Alkol annenin kanındaki düzeyle
orantılı olarak anne sütüne geçebilmektedir.
Remscheider
General-Anzeiger (Germany) - 30 Prozent der Schwangeren trinken
Alkohol
Im Grunde sollte
es allen klar und völlig selbstverständlich sein: Alkohol in der
Schwangerschaft ist tabu. In der Realität sieht das anders aus. In
Deutschland trinken bis zu 30 Prozent der werdenden Mütter während
der Schwangerschaft.
Italiasalute.it
(Italy) - Alcol in gravidanza, sì o no?
Bere o non bere
alcol in gravidanza? È il dilemma di molte donne che aspettano un
bambino. Un recente documento redatto dagli esperti dell'American
Academy of Pediatrics (Aap) rivela che l'esposizione prenatale
all'alcol è la principale causa evitabile di difetti alla nascita e
disabilità intellettive.
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