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AAP Recs on FASD Focus on Integrated Treatment AAP Recs on FASD Focus on Integrated Treatment
An updated clinical report from the AAP provides guidance for pediatricians on managing children with FASD within the medical home after diagnosis.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news

Join Us for a Twitter Chat on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, NIAAA will co-host a Twitter chat with the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS). For more information, follow@NIAAAnews on Twitter. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - September 5, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news

September 9 is International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day
Alcohol is now recognized as the leading preventable cause of birth defects and developmental disorders in the United States. Each year thousands of children are born with life-long disabilities because they were exposed to alcohol prenatally. On September 9th, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism recognizes International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day as a reminder that there is no “safe” level of drinking while pregnant. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - September 5, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news

An evaluation of the predictive validity of the SAVRY and YLS/CMI in justice-involved youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - McLachlan K, Gray AL, Roesch R, Douglas KS, Viljoen JL.
This study examined the predictive validity of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Cases of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder up to 3 times higher in the GTA than predicted, CAMH report says
A study released Tuesday shows fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) may affect two to three times more children in the GTA than originally believed. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news

Teleconference: Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Among U.S. Children
On February 14, 2018, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) held a call to discuss the findings and implications of a study on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) prevalence that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association. To hear the complete teleconference, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1NiekmT828&feature=youtu.be (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - April 9, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news

Florida shooter may have had fetal alcohol syndrome
Nathalie Brassard, a program director at FASCETS, which works with parents of FASD, told Daily Mail Online Nikolas Cruz, 19, has characteristics of a brain-based condition like FASD. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Florida shooter, 19, may have had fetal alcohol syndrome
Nathalie Brassard, a program director at FASCETS, which works with parents of FASD, told Daily Mail Online Nikolas Cruz, 19, has characteristics of a brain-based condition like FASD. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Join us for a Teleconference on FASD Prevalence - February 14
Teleconference on New Study -- Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Among U.S. Children What:NIAAA is holding a call to discuss the findings and implications of the Feb. 6 study on FASD prevalence that appeared in theJournal of the American Medical Association. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - February 8, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news

Join us for a Teleconference on FASD Prevalence among US Children -- Feb. 14, 2 pm
Teleconference on New Study -- Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Among U.S. Children What:NIAAA is holding a call to discuss the findings and implications of the Feb. 6 study on FASD prevalence that appeared in theJournal of the American Medical Association. (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - February 8, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news

WATCH: Fetal alcohol syndrome in children up to 10 times more common than experts thought
Perhaps as high as one in 10 children suffer from FASD, a new study suggests. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Fetal alcohol syndrome in children up to 10 times more common than experts thought
Perhaps as high as one in 10 children suffer from FASD, a new study suggests. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: GMA Source Type: news

Up to one in 20 children may have fetal alcohol syndrome
Depending on the region, rates of fetal alcohol disorders are between 13 and 400 percent higher than previously thought, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fetal Alcohol Cases More Common Than Thought
The study of four U.S. communities found that at least 1 percent to 5 percent of first-graders had a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, or FASD. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fetal Alcohol Disorder May Be More Common Than Previously Thought
In a new JAMA study of more than 6,000 first-graders, researchers estimate that between 1.1% and 9.8% of American children have developmental or neurological problems caused by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)—a significantly higher number than previous studies have reported. And out of the hundreds of children determined in the study to have FASD, only two had been previously diagnosed. The estimate comes from school-based assessments, family interviews and in-person evaluations of 6- and 7-year-olds in four communities across the country: one in the Midwest, one in the Rocky Mountains, one in the Southeast ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Amanda MacMillan Tags: Uncategorized drinking alcohol while pregnant drinking while pregnant drinking wine while pregnant fetal alcohol effect fetal alcohol spectrum disorder fetal alcohol syndrome fetal alcohol syndrome baby fetal alcohol syndrome definition Source Type: news