Buffalo News - UB
Researcher: No level of alcohol is safe during pregnancy
The American
Academy of Pediatrics announced new recommendations this fall that
encourage women who are pregnant to refrain from drinking any alcohol
or face a greater prospect of giving birth to a child with mental,
behavioral or physical disabilities.
The Scientist -
How one generation’s experience can affect the next
These findings
have helped motivate modern research into the oft-discredited study
of transgenerational effects of the environment. Researchers are now
beginning to understand the mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance and
to generate evidence for the idea that the experiences of an
ancestral population can influence future generations.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Greater recognition of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
(FASD) within the court system in Marlborough
Judges and lawyers
are changing the way they communicate to help mentally impaired
defendants navigate the justice system. Youth Court Judge Tony
Fitzgerald said awareness of neurological disabilities, including
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, was increasing within the justice
system.
Communitycare.co.uk
(UK) - What social workers need to know about foetal alcohol
spectrum disorders
Advice on
consuming alcohol during pregnancy in the UK is woefully inadequate.
Current official guidance given by midwives is: “It is better not
to drink, but if you do, then 1 or 2 units, once or twice a week is
alright”.
The Globe and Mail
(Canada) - Couple honoured in Ottawa for work on fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder
A husband and wife
team known around the world for raising awareness of fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder (FASD) has received an award from the
Governor-General in recognition of their contributions.
VIDEOS and
MATERIALS
Indigenous Hip Hop
Projects - IHHP - Batchelor - Raise Awareness FASD
IHHP in
partnership with Batchelor Area School and the Batchelor Institute,
wrote this deadly song about FASD. The students, with help from IHHP,
have written a song to help raise awareness about Foetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder.
NordAN - Dr
Raja Mukherjee on diagnosing FASD
Dr Raja Mukherjee
(National Clinic for Fetal Alcohol, UK) explains why diagnosing FASD
is important.
European Conference on FASD 2016
Dr Raja
Mukherjee´s invitation to EUFASD 2016 in London.
FASD and Homelessness
NordAN - Dr
Peter Hepper: there is no safe limit
Dr Peter Hepper
(Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland): Ultrasound
observation of the behaviour of the fetus indicates that both chronic
and acute alcohol exposure influences the fetus’ brain and
behaviour and, significantly, at low doses.
NordAN - Dr
Kieran O´Malley: FASD is an transgenerational issue
Dr Kieran O´Malley
(College of Psychiatrists of Ireland) speaks about fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders and the need and possibilities to prevent it.
Al Jazeera English
- Hidden Harm: Australia's Drinking Mums
Alcohol is a big
part of the Australian culture across every region, and every social
class. But for Australian mothers this could be a disaster. The
latest research shows there is no safe limit for drinking when
pregnant. All it takes is a few drinks at the wrong stage of the
pregnancy for mother’s unborn babies to suffer permanent brain
damage.
BBC - Teenage
FASD sufferer: 'I can't make friends'
Katrina was born
with FASD - foetal alcohol spectrum disorder - as a result of the
alcohol her biological mother consumed during pregnancy.
RESEARCH
Linköping
University - The voice of non-pregnant women on alcohol
consumption during pregnancy: a focus group study among women in
Sweden
Consensus is that
fetal exposure to alcohol is harmful. Abstinence while trying to
conceive and throughout pregnancy is recommended. Despite this, there
are many women who consume alcohol around conception and until
pregnancy recognition.
Substance Abuse:
Research and Treatment - Establishment of the South-Eastern Norway
Regional Health Authority resource center for children with prenatal
alcohol/drug exposure
This paper
presents a new initiative in the South-Eastern Health Region of
Norway to establish a regional resource center focusing on services
for children and adolescents aged 2-18 years with prenatal exposure
to alcohol or other drugs.
Behavioural Brain
Research - Prenatal ethanol exposure impairs temporal ordering
behaviours in young adult rats
Prenatal ethanol
exposure (PNEE) causes significant deficits in functional (i.e.,
synaptic) plasticity in the dentate gyrus (DG) and cornu ammonis (CA)
hippocampal sub-regions of young adult male rats.
Journal of Applied
Research in Intellectual Disabilities - FASD prevalence among
schoolchildren in Poland
Prenatal Alcohol
Exposure is a major cause of brain damage and developmental delay,
known as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) but in Poland is
rarely diagnosed and the scale of problem is not known.
Metabolic Brain
Disease - Alcohol exposure in utero is associated with decreased
gray matter volume in neonates
Neuroimaging
studies have indicated that prenatal alcohol exposure is associated
with alterations in the structure of specific brain regions. However,
the temporal specificity of such changes and their behavioral
consequences are less known.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - Systematic review of fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder interventions across the life span
Individuals with
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) can experience profound
impairments and long-term adverse outcomes. This systematic review
adopts a life span perspective providing an extensive analysis of the
available literature.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Delfi (Estonia) -
Briti teadlane: alkohol on lootele ohtlikum kui heroiin ja
kahjustused võivad ilmneda ka alles teismeeas
Mõnes kogukonnas
kannatab loote alkoholisündroomi all ligi 40 protsenti lastest,
tõdeb Dr Raja Mukherjee Suurbritannia riiklikust loote
alkoholikahjustuse kliinikust. Dr Muhkerjee sõnul kahjustab alkohol
nii ema kui loote aju ja loodet isegi ulatuslikumalt kui suitsetamine
või heroiin.
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