CBC.ca (Canada) -
Pregnancy test vending machines an 'astounding success' in fight
against FASD
Wenda Bradley
admits that she wasn't sure how people in Yukon would respond when
her organization, the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Society Yukon (FASSY),
installed pregnancy test dispensers in some public washrooms, last
year.
Huffington Post
(USA) - People With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Deserve More
Access To Massachusetts Health Care Services
Fetal exposure to
alcohol can lead to prenatal brain damage which can be reflected in a
host of significantly impairing emotional, neurological, cognitive,
learning and behavioral problems.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
'Jail is not the answer:' Yukon courts keep 2 convicts with FASD
out of prison
The Yukon justice
system is showing signs of change in recognizing the effects of fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder.
ABC Online
(Australia) - Rosie Anne Fulton: System has 'failed'
intellectually impaired NT woman
A guardian of an
Alice Springs woman, who was held for almost two years in Western
Australia without charge because she is intellectually impaired, says
he is not surprised she has been in an out of prison since she was
sent back to the Northern Territory.
The Good Men
Project - But “He Looks So Normal”
I remember the
first time my son stepped up to the plate the first year he played
baseball. He not only looked like a miniature major league player, he
acted and performed like one.
Fox Houston (USA)
- Hospital urges pregnant women not to consume alcohol
Some obstetricians
will tell pregnant women it's all right to have a glass of wine
during pregnancy, while others will say no way -- not even one sip.
OakBend Medical Center in Richmond agrees with the latter suggestion.
VIDEOS and
MATERIALS
YourAlberta –
FASD: Professionals Without Parachutes
In this
presentation we discuss the Professionals Without Parachutes (PWP)
training model.
NHS - NHS
Education for Scotland Fetal Alcohol Harm e-learning resourceThe
resource has been developed to support a range of activity led by the
Scottish Government to substantially reduce the harm caused by
alcohol consumption in pregnancy across Scotland.
UPCOMING
EUFASD - European
Conference on FASD 2016
This conference
brings together academics, educators, non-governmental organisations
and charities, legislators and politicians, lawyers and individuals
involved in the criminal justice system, birth and adoptive families
alongside individuals who themselves have FASD; shared learning will
help promote the understanding of this disorder in the UK, Europe and
internationally.
EFAN - REGISTER
NOW FOR THE JULY 20, 2016 FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER (FASD)
WEBCAST
Join us for this
free, one-hour, thirty minute webcast titled Neurorelational
Framework (NRF): An innovative approach to understanding FASD and
guiding interventions.
RESEARCH
Open UCT - Social
cognition in South African children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders
Research on the
social-cognitive profile of individuals with prenatal alcohol
exposure (PAE) has confirmed poorer social skills in these children
compared to healthy controls, independent of overall cognitive
functioning.
University of
Texas - Methanol and isopropanol embryo dosage response curves for
wild-type and ethanol-sensitive zebrafish
It is well
established that ethanol has an array of negative effects on
developing embryos, from craniofacial abnormalities to cognitive
deficits and behavioral disorders. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
(FASD) describes this phenotypic spectrum caused by embryonic ethanol
exposure.
The Undergraduate
Research Journal - Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on
Prenatal and Neonatal Development
Prenatal Alcohol
Exposure (PAE) contributes to a series of impacts on prenatal and
neonatal developmental defects on a continuum ranging from no effect
till perinatal death.
The European
Journal of Public Health - Childhood placement in out-of-home care
in relation to psychosocial outcomes in adults with fetal alcohol
syndrome
Even in adulthood,
the disabilities associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
(FASD) may have a major impact on life, but different environmental
circumstances during childhood may also be influential.
St Catherine
University - Interventions for Children With Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome: A Systematic Review
Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a term used to describe lifelong effects
that can occur when an unborn baby is exposed to alcohol (Wilson,
2013).
Epigenetics &
Chromatin - DNA methylation signature of human fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder
Prenatal alcohol
exposure is the leading preventable cause of behavioral and cognitive
deficits, which may affect between 2 and 5 % of children in North
America.
Journal of Mental
Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities - Regulatory
Behaviors and Stress Reactivity among Infants at High Risk for Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: An Exploratory Study
This article
examines regulatory behaviors and physiological stress reactivity
among 6–15 month–old infants with moderate to heavy prenatal
alcohol exposure (PAE), a group at very high risk for fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders and self–regulation impairments, compared to low
risk infants with no/low exposure.
BALI MEDICAL
JOURNAL - BINGE ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION ON PREGNANT RATS RESULTS IN
DECREASING OF INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 AND ALDEHYDE
DEHYDROGENASE, INCREASING APOPTOSIS INDEX, AND FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME
IN OFFSPRINGS
Binge alcohol
drinking during pregnancy of Wistar Rat results in FAS and identified
by decrease of IGF-1, ALDH and increase of brain apoptosis index and
heart apoptosis index of the off spring.
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research - An Update on Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome—Pathogenesis, Risks, and Treatment
This review aimed
to focus on the pathogenesis, especially mechanisms of alcohol
teratogenicity, and risks of developing FAS. Recent developments in
potential management strategies, including prenatal interventions,
are discussed.
Paediatrics &
Child Health - PREVALENCE OF AUTISM IN CHILDREN PRENATALLY EXPOSED
TO ALCOHOL: A PILOT STUDY
American Academy
of Pediatrics - Fetal Alcohol Growth Restriction and Cognitive
Impairment
These findings
validate the use of growth restriction in the diagnosis of fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders and identify growth trajectory as a
biomarker of which heavily exposed children are at greatest risk for
cognitive developmental deficits.
Embryo Today:
Reviews - Prenatal substance use and developmental disorders:
Overview and highlights
This issue of
Birth Defects Research Part C: Reviews – EMBRYO TODAY, “Prenatal
Substance Use and Developmental Disorders”, features contemporary
reviews of the health challenges to the conceptus resulting from
prenatal substance use, including methamphetamine, cocaine, alcohol,
and smoking, and associated long-term developmental disorders.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Stuttgarter
Zeitung (Germany) - Genuss mit schlimmen Spätfolgen
Schäden durch
Alkohol in der Schwangerschaft werden oft nicht oder zu spät
erkannt. Neue Regeln für die Diagnose sollen dazu beitragen, dass
Betroffene früher Hilfe bekommen.
Nordwest-Zeitung
(Germany) - Fehlverhalten mit schlimmen Folgen
Untergewicht,
Verhaltensstörungen, organische Schäden, Fehlbildungen am Skelett,
verminderte Intelligenz: Das sind nur einige Symptome des fetalen
Alkoholsyndroms (FASD).
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