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NIH statement on International FASD Awareness Day
FASD Awareness Day is recognized each September. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 3, 2014 Category: American Health Source Type: news

NIH statement on International FASD Awareness Day
George Koob, Ph.D., director, & Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., deputy director National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - September 2, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news

FASD is not a Diagnosis
Too often we hear of a child who has been "diagnosed as FASD." Since there are no diagnostic criteria for FASD, the child is being labeled without due consideration of his clinical condition. read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - August 29, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Ira J. Chasnoff, M.D. Tags: Addiction Child Development Parenting alcohol use in pregnancy FASD vs. FASDs Source Type: news

Bars with free pregnancy tests
In an effort to combat fetal alcohol syndrome, researchers in Alaska will be installing free pregnancy test dispensers in bars. Will it work? (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Free pregnancy tests in Alaska bars
In an effort to combat fetal alcohol syndrome, researchers in Alaska will be installing free pregnancy test dispensers in bars. Will it work? (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Free pregnancy tests to be placed in Alaska bars
In an effort to combat fetal alcohol syndrome, researchers at the University of Alaska Anchorage will be installing free pregnancy test dispensers in the bathrooms of some bars. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ghana: Workshop on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Held in Accra
[Ghana Govt.]A two-day workshop to sanitise women on the dangers involved on alcohol intake during pregnancy has been organised in Accra. The workshop, organised by the Ghana Organization on Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (GOFAS) in collaboration with the Ministries of Health and Gender, Children and Social Protection, and the University of Manitoba, aimed to create a national awareness on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and provide a platform for learning and exchanges between international experts and Ghanaian pract (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - May 30, 2014 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

When is Binge Drinking Really a Problem?
Anna* is expecting her first child in a few months. Once a heavy drinker, she stopped consuming any alcoholic beverages when she and her husband Len began trying to get pregnant. Her husband, on the other hand, doesn’t see any reason that he should join Anna in abstaining. But Anna worries. Will his drinking impact their unborn baby?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - May 24, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: F. Diane Barth, L.C.S.W. Tags: Addiction Neuroscience alcohol consumption alcoholism binge drinking dangers of drinking fetal alcohol syndrome secondary damage unintentional injury Source Type: news

How do you know when Binge Drinking is Really a Problem?
Anna* is expecting her first child in a few months. Once a heavy drinker, she stopped consuming any alcoholic beverages when she and her husband Len began trying to get pregnant. Her husband, on the other hand, doesn’t see any reason that he should join Anna in abstaining. But Anna worries. Will his drinking impact their unborn baby?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - May 24, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: F. Diane Barth, L.C.S.W. Tags: Addiction Neuroscience alcohol consumption alcoholism binge drinking dangers of drinking fetal alcohol syndrome secondary damage unintentional injury Source Type: news

Paying closer attention to attention
There may be an overreporting of attention problems in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), simply because parents and teachers are using a misplaced basis for comparison. They are testing and comparing children with FASD with children of the same physical or chronological age, rather than with children of the same mental age, which is often quite a lot younger. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 24, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

Alcohol Problems Women Should Consider
April is Alcohol Awareness Month. This is an excellent time to have conversations with friends, relatives, and medical professionals about drinking and its impact on our lives. Let's consider particularly the issues related to women and drinking. read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 9, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Constance Scharff, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Gender Happiness Parenting alcohol alcohol awareness month alcohol dependence alcoholism binge drinking depression parenting and drinking women women and drinking Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Source Type: news

An under-recognized issue that may be on the rise: fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
The open-access International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research has released a special issue on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), with the intention of increasing awareness of the negative effects of alcohol use in pregnancy and improving prevention, treatment and care for those living with FASD."In most countries, FASD is not well recognized by health professionals," says guest editor Dr. Svetlana (Lana) Popova, Senior Scientist in the Social and Epidemiological Research Department at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

New UCLA program offers parents medical guidance for international adoptions
With thousands of internationally adopted children arriving in the United States each year, there is a growing demand for a specialized health-care support system that helps adoptive parents and children navigate through the international adoption process. Now, Dr. Yvonne Bryson and Dr. Nava Yeganeh, pediatric infectious disease specialists at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, have created a new program to meet this need. The goal of the hospital's new International Adoption and Travel Clinic is to provide parents with a medical-based support system as they embark on their adoption journey. "Children adopted inte...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 17, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

New UCLA program offers parents medical guidance for international adoptions
With thousands of internationally adopted children arriving in the United States each year, there is a growing demand for a specialized health-care support system that helps adoptive parents and children navigate through the international adoption process. Now, Dr. Yvonne Bryson and Dr. Nava Yeganeh, pediatric infectious disease specialists at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, have created a new program to meet this need. The goal of the hospital's new International Adoption and Travel Clinic is to provide parents with a medical-based support system as they embark on their adoption journey. "Child...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 17, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Drinking before and after pregnancy recognition among South African women: the moderating role of traumatic experiences - Choi KW, Abler LA, Watt MH, Eaton LA, Kalichman SC, Skinner D, Pieterse D, Sikkema KJ.
BACKGROUND: South Africa has one of the world's highest rates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and interpersonal trauma. These co-occurring public health problems raise the need to understand alcohol consumption among trauma-exposed pregnant women... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 15, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news