SDSU Newscenter - Diagnosing Fetal
Alcohol Disorder More Easily
Early-childhood
clinicians such as pediatricians and child psychologists are often
the first to raise the alarm for families with children who exhibit
developmental disorders, such as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
(FASD).
Ciproud.com -
"It's hard to ask that question, so we miss it."
"It's a tough
subject to bring up, use of something that is legal. I don't know why
it is, it just is 'Hey did you drink?' you know it's hard for doctors
to ask that question for some reason, so we miss it." Dr. James
Hocker, Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the
Children's Hospital of Illinois, explains.
Peoria Journal
Star (USA) - Effects of alcohol on unborn children can last a
lifetime
While Dr. James
Hocker knows that nearly any mother would never knowingly harm her
child, up to 1 in 20 children could suffer lifelong effects because
of decisions made by their pregnant mothers.
The Australian
(Australia) - FASD ‘a generational time-bomb burden’
The profoundly
damaging consequences of heavy drinking by pregnant mothers,
malnutrition in early childhood and intergenerational “psychic
trauma” are neither properly diagnosed nor treated in Aborigines
coming into contact with the law, a royal commission has heard.
InsideHalton.com
(Canada) - FASD a lesser-known health concern in Halton
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder (FASD) is the leading known cause of preventable
developmental disability among Canadians, says Halton FASD Chair
Cheryl Gustafson.
ChronicleLive (UK)
- Number of children affected by mothers drinking alcohol while
pregnant is 'snowballing'
The number of
children in care affected by their mothers drinking alcohol while
pregnant is “snowballing”, a doctor has warned.
New Zealand Herald
(New Zealand) - Fran Lowe: We need to examine relationship with
alcohol
On Friday,
September 9 a service was held at Hastings Hospital to commemorate
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day.
Marketwired
(Canada) - Ministers From Across Canada Gather in Halifax to
Discuss Justice and Public Safety Priorities
They discussed the
challenges that the justice system faces in appropriately responding
to those with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and other
neurocognitive disabilities and agreed to publicly release the Final
Report of the Steering Committee on FASD and Access to Justice.
ChronicleLive (UK)
- Fathers-to-be urged to join pregnant partners in alcohol
abstinence
Gateshead Council
has heard an urgent plea for young mums, and dads, to steer clear of
alcohol during pregnancy to help tackle foetal alcohol syndrome.
The Guardian
(Australia) - Royal commission told foetal alcohol disorder and
hearing loss contributing to incarceration
Foetal alcohol
spectrum disorder and hearing loss were both likely impacts on the
high rates of Indigenous people in the child protection and criminal
justice systems, the royal commission has heard.
WHO Europe
(Scotland) - Recent Scottish Government actions to limit alcohol
intake during pregnancy
In Scotland, there
has been increasing recognition in recent years of the particular
risks of alcohol consumption for certain sectors of the population,
including pregnant women.
RESEARCH
Brain
Imaging and Behavior - Functional connectivity
abnormalities and associated cognitive deficits in fetal alcohol
Spectrum disorders (FASD)
Consistent with
well-documented structural and microstructural abnormalities in
prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), recent studies suggest that
functional connectivity (FC) may also be disrupted.
European Journal
of Medical Genetics - A review of the physical features of the
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
The fetal alcohol
spectrum of disorders (FASD) includes four diagnostic categories for
the clinical consequences of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) in the
unborn child.
IEEE Explore - A
novel expert system for diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome using
close range photogrammetry
Remaining
necessary information will be received from the patient along with
the output of last stage applies to expert system. Decision making in
expert system is based on fuzzy method which is done in two stages.
Current
Developmental Disorders Reports - Revised Guidelines Increase
Specificity of Diagnostic Criteria for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders
Updated guidelines
for the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) refine
diagnostic criteria that were previously issued in 2005.
Alcohol -
Recognition memory is selectively impaired in adult rats exposed
to binge-like doses of ethanol during early postnatal life
This study
explores the persistent cognitive consequences of ethanol
administration in rat pups over postnatal days (PD) 4–9, modeling
human third trimester consumption.
European Journal
of Medical Genetics - Interventions in fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders: An international perspective
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders (FASD) are present across countries and cultures,
with prevalence rates threatening to rise in the coming years.
Journal of
Pediatric Neuropsychology - Neuropsychological Aspects of
Prevention and Intervention for FASD in Canada
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder (FASD) is the leading cause of developmental
disability among Canadians. As a result, FASD has emerged as a public
health priority in Canada.
BioNanoScience -
Enhanced Excitability of the Neonatal Rat Hippocampus After Acute
Exposure to Ethanol
Enhanced
excitability manifested by seizures and epilepsy is one of the
characteristic features of the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
(FASD).
Children and Youth
Services Review - Nutritional status of foster children in the
U.S.: Implications for cognitive and behavioral development
Children in foster
care are at greater risk for poor health, physical, cognitive,
behavioral, and developmental outcomes than are children in the
general population.
Alcohol - Chronic
binge alcohol consumption during pregnancy alters rat maternal
uterine artery pressure response
We aimed to
investigate pressure-dependent maternal uterine artery responses and
vessel remodeling following gestational binge alcohol exposure.
Social Forces -
Alcohol's Collateral Damage: Childhood Exposure to Problem
Drinkers and Subsequent Adult Mortality Risk
The importance of
childhood circumstances, broadly defined, for shaping adult health
and longevity is well established.
Medical Image
Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - A Multi-stage
Sparse Coding Framework to Explore the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol
Exposure
In clinical
neuroscience, task-based fMRI (tfMRI) is a popular method to explore
the brain network activation difference between healthy controls and
brain diseases like Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (PAE).
National Center
for Biotechnology Information - Functional connectivity
abnormalities and associated cognitive deficits in fetal alcohol
Spectrum disorders (FASD)
Consistent with
well-documented structural and microstructural abnormalities in
prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), recent studies suggest that
functional connectivity (FC) may also be disrupted. We evaluated
whole-brain FC in a large multi-site sample, examined its cognitive
correlates, and explored its potential to objectively identify
neurodevelopmental abnormality in individuals without definitive
dysmorphic features. Included were 75 children with PAE and 68
controls from four sites.
IN THER LANGUAGES
KREISZEITUNG
Böblinger Bote (Germany) - Aufklären über eine kaum bekannte
Behinderung
Die überregionale
Selbsthilfegruppe FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Discorder, zu deutsch:
Fetale Alkoholspektrum Störung) öffnet sich für Interessierte: An
jedem dritten Mittwoch im Monat, also am 19. Oktober wieder, treffen
sich die Teilnehmer aus dem Landkreis Böblingen und der Region Calw,
Horb und Nagold von 20 bis 22 Uhr im Herrenberger Klosterhof.
Osservatorio
Malattie Rare (Italy) - Gravidanza, da USA nuove linee guida per
la diagnosi di 'spettro dei disturbi feto-alcolici'
Il National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), istituto
statunitense che si occupa dei problemi legati all'alcolismo, ha
affidato ad un gruppo di esperti il compito di redigere una serie
aggiornata di linee guida per la diagnosi dello 'spettro dei disturbi
feto-alcolici' (FASD), un termine 'ombrello' che include le diverse
forme di anomalie e disabilità causate da un'esposizione prenatale
all’alcol etilico.
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