Minneapolis Star
Tribune (USA) - Minnesota is the first state to require foster
parents learn about fetal alcohol disorders
For years, Mary
Ann Holman-Turner was puzzled by the erratic behavior of her foster
child Emmanuel, whom she nicknames "Man-man."
Tech Times -
Father's Drinking Behavior May Up Risk For Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
While Father's Day
gives every dad in the world a reason to celebrate, here's one proof
men — who are planning to become fathers — should hold off on
that celebratory drink.
Aljazeera.com
(South Africa) - South Africa's Foetal Alcohol Syndrome problem
Why are rates of
the condition, resulting from exposure to alcohol in the womb, so
high in South Africa?
Sudbury.com
(Canada) - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder clinic now taking
younger kids
The Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Clinic at NEO Kids is expanding, thanks to
new Canadian diagnostic guidelines.
TheSequitur.com -
The effects of alcohol use on an unborn child
“40,000 babies
are born every year that fall under an umbrella known as fetal
alcohol syndrome disorder (FAS). Should mothers be charged with a
crime when they have a baby with this disorder?
Washington Post -
Amazing dogs that change the lives of children with disabilities
Dog-as-hero tops
all other stories about the animal kingdom, and the sampling above,
culled by Melissa Fay Greene for her new book, probably resembles a
lot of what’s clogging your social media feeds.
Th Prevention
Conversation - How To Convince Others That Your Normal-Looking
Child Isn’t Normal
If we had a dollar
for every time someone said, “Well, he doesn’t look like he has
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder,” we’d be millionaires. The truth
is, our child’s disorder makes it hard to see the forest for the
trees.
NIH (USA) - NIAAA
advances fetal alcohol exposure research
Fifty years ago,
alcohol wasn't widely considered a danger to the developing fetus -
some doctors even infused pregnant women with high doses of it to
prevent premature labor.
MATERIALS AND
VIDEOS
I was a nobody - Skip’s story
Even though fetal
alcohol syndrome predicted a life of failure, Skip overcomes his
disadvantage through love and pursuing his dreams.
AlcoholFreePregnancy
- The Relationship Between FASD and ADHD - NOFAS Webinar
Gwendolyn Messer,
M.D. Medical Director - Pediatrician Dr. Messer received her medical
degree and completed her pediatric residency in at Emory University
School of Medicine. Dr. Messer joined Children's Research Triangle in
2005 and became the Medical Director in 2010.
RESEARCH
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research – Erratum
In the article by
Coles and colleagues, “A Comparison Among 5 Methods for the
Clinical Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders,” 2016,
40:1000–1009, an exception to the FASD 4-Digit Code in this study
was not fully
explained.
Read more
Read more
Reproductive
Toxicology - Breastfeeding and maternal alcohol use: Prevalence
and effects on child outcomes and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Ninety percent
(90%) of mothers breastfed for an average of 19.9 months. Of mothers
who drank postpartum and breastfed (MDPB), 47% breastfed for 12
months or more. In case control analyses, children of MDPB were
significantly lighter, had lower verbal IQ scores, and more anomalies
in comparisons controlling for prenatal alcohol exposure and final
FASD diagnosis.
Stellenbosch
University - Moral Responsibility for Prenatal Harm to Children:
The Case of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
This dissertation
deals with the problem of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and the moral
responsibility of pregnant women who carry fetuses to term, as well
as the rest of society, to try and prevent children from suffering
from this condition.
WAYNE STATE
UNIVERSITY - An Analysis Of Virtual Place Learning/navigation In
Children And Young Adults Prenatally Exposed To Alcohol
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder refers to the spectrum of disorders resulting from
prenatal alcohol exposure and is the leading cause of preventable
mental retardation. Rodent studies have found that prenatal alcohol
exposure impairs performance on the Morris water maze.
Comparative
Clinical Pathology - Ethanol effects on histobiochemical
parameters of suckling pups borned from alcoholic rat mothers
Fetus and neonate
growth retardation is one of the main characteristics of fetal
alcohol syndrome (FAS) disorders. Ethanol can be transferred to the
fetus through the placenta and to newborns through suckling.
Journal of
Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology - Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders: Using Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of
Justice Professionals to Support their Educational Needs
There was
widespread agreement of the need for more information and training
about FASD to optimise outcomes for people with, or suspected of
having a FASD, engaging with the justice system.
Child & Family
Behavior Therapy - Improving FASD Children’s Self-Regulation:
Piloting Phase 1 of the GoFAR Intervention
The initial parent
training component of GoFAR, an intervention designed to improve the
self-regulation and adaptive living skills of children with Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs), was piloted in a small,
randomized clinical trial of 28 participants assigned to either a
time-lapsed control group or one of two parent training groups who
differed on whether the child’s computerized instruction was
congruent or incongruent with the parent instruction.
Substance Abuse:
Research and Treatment - Becoming FASD Informed: Strengthening
Practice and Programs Working with Women with FASD
There is growing
appreciation among health and social care providers, especially those
working in community-based programs with women or young people with
substance use problems and/or who have experienced violence,
maltreatment, or trauma, that a high number of their program
participants may have been prenatally exposed to alcohol or have
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
Current Topics in
Medicinal Chemistry - Overview of the Genetic Basis and Epigenetic
Mechanisms that Contribute to FASD Pathobiology
Prenatal alcohol
(ethanol) exposure (PAE) is the underlying cause for a variety of
birth defects and neurodevelopmental deficits referred to as "Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)".
Pediatric
Dermatology - Fetal Alcohol Exposure and PHACE Syndrome: A Case
and Autopsy Report
This report
describes the clinical, radiologic, and autopsy findings of a newborn
with PHACE syndrome (posterior fossa malformations, hemangioma,
arterial anomalies, cardiac defects, and eye anomalies) and fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder. To our knowledge, the concurrence of these
conditions has not been reported in the literature.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
NOZ - Neue
Osnabrücker Zeitung (Germany) - 6750 Euro-Spende für
Selbsthilfegruppe in Lingen
Die DAK-Gesundheit
in Lingen unterstützt die Arbeit der FASD-Selbsthilfegruppe (Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) mit 6750 Euro. Den Scheck übergaben
Heinz-Gerhard Evers und Ferdinand Rausch an die Bundesvorsitzende der
FASD-Selbsthilfegruppe, Gisela Michalowski aus Lingen.
aponet.de
(Germany) - Schwangerschaft: Auch der Lebensstil des Vaters
beeinflusst Baby
Elterliche
Lebensgewohnheiten oder das Alter können die Entwicklung des Babys
im Mutterleib beeinflussen. Stand bis vor kurzem vor allem die Mutter
im Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit, deuten immer mehr Studien darauf hin,
dass auch der Einfluss des Vaters eine wichtige Rolle spielen könnte.
Serambi Indonesia
(Indonesia) - Tidak Hanya Ibu, Gaya Hidup Ayah Juga Pengaruhi
Kesehatan Anak
Penelitian telah
menunjukkan bahwa gaya hidup ibu memengaruhi kesehatan anak-anaknya
kelak. Tetapi, studi terbaru menyimpulkan, ayah juga berkontribusi
terhadap status kesehatan anak-anaknya.
rmf24.pl (Poland)
- Ojcom też tyka zegar
Nie tylko wiek i
zdrowie matki, ale też wiek, stan zdrowia i tryb życia ojca mają
wpływ na zdrowie przyszłego potomstwa - potwierdzają to kolejne
wyniki badań naukowych.
