Seaforth Huron Expositor (Canada) -
Ontario to fund strategy for fetal alcohol brain disorder, says
Naqvi
The Ontario
government will have a funded, multi-ministerial strategy in place to
combat fetal alcohol brain disorder before the end of its current
mandate, Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi said Saturday.
News24 (South
Africa) - Alcohol disorders curbed
Pregnant teenage
girls drinking alcohol during pregnancy face the risk of giving birth
to babies with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
Irish Medical News
(Ireland) - No register of children with FASDs in Ireland
A national survey
of paediatricians in Ireland regarding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders was published in the March edition of the Irish Medical
Journal. The aim of the study was to evaluate self-reported
knowledge and practice of doctors working in paediatrics in Ireland
with regards to FASDs and alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
Newswise -
Children Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol Have Academic Difficulties
Despite greater
awareness of the dangers of prenatal exposure to alcohol, the rates
of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders remain alarmingly high.
Newshub (New
Zealand) - Special education approaching 'crisis point' across New
Zealand
New Zealand
Principals' Federation (NZPF) president Whetu Cormick is warning that
special education is approaching 'crisis point' across New Zealand.
The Copenhagen
Post (Denmark) - New research: Danish women top stats for drinking
during pregnancy
A new Canadian
study that has just been published in the prestigious journal The
Lancet Global Health claims that nearly every second Danish woman
drinks alcohol during pregnancy.
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University of
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CBCSaskatchewan -
Shutting Down Misconceptions Associated With Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder
Shanah Mohr says
it's heartbreaking when people living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder are treated differently. Her adopted daughter started
showing signs of FASD as a toddler. Now, at eight years old, Shanah
says her daughter is doing a lot better... and what helped the most
was getting educated about the disorder.
Anderson DDB -
Baby Bump Case Video
RESEARCH
SPECIAL ISSUE
Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology - Neuropsychological Aspects
of Prevention and Intervention for FASD: International Perspectives
Drug
and Alcohol Review - Profile of children diagnosed with a
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A retrospective chart review
The current study
demonstrates that with the relevant training and expertise,
assessment and diagnosis of FASD can be embedded within the existing
health services available in Australia.
Journal of
Pediatric Urology - Nocturnal incontinence in children with fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in a South African cohort
The problem of
incontinence among children with a FASD in South Africa needs to be
assessed and considered for clinical management. Future research is
necessary to examine problems of incontinence in relation to
cognitive and behavioral functioning among children with a FASD, as
well as identifying possible causes.
Brain and Behavior
- Acute ethanol exposure during late mouse neurodevelopment
results in long-term deficits in memory retrieval, but not in social
responsiveness
Acute ethanol
exposure at P6 in mice leads to mild but long-lasting deficits in
long-term spatial memory. Results suggest that even brief acute
exposure to high ethanol levels during the third trimester equivalent
of human pregnancy may have a permanent negative impact on the
neurological functioning of the offspring.
Office of Minority
Student Affairs - Plasticity in the PFC Following 5-7-9 Postnatal
Alcohol Exposure Using Exercise as an Intervention
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder (FASD) is an umbrella term used to describe the
wide range of deficits caused by exposure to alcohol in utero.
Journal of
Pediatric Neuropsychology - Neuropsychological Aspects of
Prevention and Intervention for FASD: International Perspectives
Although
governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the
negative impact prenatal alcohol exposure can have on a child’s
neurodevelopment, the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
(FASD) remains highly concerning.
Optics and the
Brain - Two-photon microscopy of blood brain barrier leakage in a
mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
We demonstrated
blood brain barrier leakage associated with fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder using two-photon microscopy. Evaluation was enhanced by
concurrent imaging with different conjugated dyes and second harmonic
generation imaging of collagen.
Alcoholism -
Academic Difficulties in Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure:
Presence, Profile, and Neural Correlates
Alcohol-exposed
children demonstrated deficits in academic performance across domains
and definitions, with a relative weakness in math functioning.
Atypical brain development may contribute to these impairments in
academic achievement.
Prevention Science
- Concurrent Trajectories of Female Drinking and Smoking Behaviors
Throughout Transitions to Pregnancy and Early Parenthood
The purpose of
this longitudinal study was to investigate whether there are distinct
etiological processes explaining dual usage of alcohol and
conventional cigarettes by mothers from preconception through the
early parenting years.
Irish Medical
Journal - Out of sight, out of mind? A national survey of
paediatricians in Ireland regarding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) are one of the major causes of preventable
developmental delay. There is no register of children with FASDs in
Ireland. Up to 81% of Irish women report drinking alcohol during the
periconceptual period or pregnancy.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
FOCUS Online
(Germany) - Schwangerschaft und Alkohol – das eine Glas zu viel?
Fachtagung im
Landratsamt Straubing- Bogen.
eSanok.pl (Poland)
- Zrozumieć alkoholowy zespół płodowy. Konferencja w SP w
Tarnawie Dolnej cieszyła się sporym zainteresowaniem (ZDJĘCIA)
„Zrozumieć FAS.
Problemy edukacyjne, emocjonalne i społeczne dzieci z FAS” –
konferencja w Szkole Podstawowej w Tarnawie Dolnej poruszyła
niezwykle aktualny i ważny temat zespołów chorobowych, które są
skutkiem działania alkoholu na płód w okresie prenatalnym.
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