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South Dakota children suffering fetal alcohol syndrome due to drinking moms
One in four children born in Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, where alcoholism is rampant, suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome because their mothers drink while pregnant. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Animal Models of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
This chapter reviews the development and use of animal models in research on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, highlighting methodological issues. The development of suitable animal models in this field has been crucial in investigating the wide range of effects of prenatal alcohol exposure under tightly controlled conditions, as well as factors that can influence the severity of effects observed, and the mechanisms mediating those effects. Animal models in this field have been critical in demonstrating that alcohol is a powerful teratogen with serious neurodevelopmental consequences, a fact that was met with skepticism by ...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Neuroscience - September 21, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news

Join us September 9 for a Twitter chat on FASD Awareness Day
Join NIAAA and the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) for a Twitter chat in recognition of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day 9/9 at 1 p.m. ET Hashtag: #NIAAAchat Scientific Expert: Dr. Kenneth Warren, NIAAA Deputy Director (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - August 25, 2015 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news

Government of Canada Announces Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Funding in Yukon
Today, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health and Yukon Minister of Health and Social Services Mike Nixon, announced an investment to strengthen training and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Yukon. This investment will increase community awareness, focus on prevention and fund training for front-line staff. (Source: Government of Canada News - Health Canada)
Source: Government of Canada News - Health Canada - July 31, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Health Canada Source Type: news

South Africa: Northern Cape Ravaged By Substance Abuse
[Parliament of South Africa] The Portfolio Committee has started its oversight visit to the Northern Cape with a meeting with the MEC for Social Development, Mr Mxolisi Sokatsha, who revealed the province is ravaged by foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 21, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news

What Happens If You Drink Before You Know You're Pregnant? New Research Has A Scary Answer
Trying to having a baby? You might want to hold off on that evening cocktail -- even if you're not sure whether you're pregnant yet. While we all know that drinking during pregnancy can inflict long-lasting damage on a baby, the effect of alcohol on a developing embryo before a woman knows she's pregnant has been less studied. Now, provocative new research on mice suggests that a mother's drinking -- even in the first three weeks of pregnancy -- may create changes in the genes of the embryo that can cause permanent damage. In light of the findings, the researchers suggest that women would be wise to cut back on drink...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 19, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Underdiagnosed in Children Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Underdiagnosed in Children
More training, better screening could help clinicians catch the problem earlier. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Among Children Aged 7–9 Years — Arizona, Colorado, and New York, 2010
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 29, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Aboriginal women address high rates of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in remote Australia
(University of Sydney) One in eight children born in 2002 or 2003 and living in remote Fitzroy Valley communities in Western Australia have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, a landmark study reveals in today's issue of the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 16, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Winning Stories
Photos from the two cover contest winners. Scott Spitz, left. Christina Lee, right. In October, 5,000 people took part in the Runner's World Half & Festival in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. As usual, I started the half-marathon in last place, stepping across the timing mat on a raw and windy Sunday morning to spend some time at the back of the pack, making my way forward to meet and encourage as many runners as possible. Around mile two, I met a woman named Madeline who, nine years ago to the day, had a brain tumor removed. She was celebrating the anniversary (and the fact that she's been cancer-free since) by donning shorts ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevalence in U.S. revealed by study
Nearly 5 percent of U.S. children may be affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), according to a new study. FASD are a group of conditions that can occur in the children of mothers who drank alcohol during pregnancy. Characteristics are both physical and cognitive and can include abnormal facial features, smaller-than-average physical growth, poor coordination, learning disabilities and vision and hearing problems. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 30, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
(Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - October 16, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Ghana: ABL Organises Health Clinic for Expectant Mothers
[Ghanaian Chronicle]ACCRA Brewery Limited (ABL), brewers of some of Ghana's most popular alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, today, held a health clinic to commemorate Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) awareness day. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 22, 2014 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

UCLA faculty voice: This is your child’s brain on alcohol
UCLA Rotheram-Borus Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus is a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA and the director of the UCLA Center for Community Health. Mark Tomlinson is a professor of psychology at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Thinking L.A. is a partnership of UCLA and Zócalo Public Square. This op-ed appeared Sept. 16 on Zócalo Public Square. Social scientists have calculated that detrimental effects of alcohol cost the United States some $223.5 billion a year. We’re talking health issues such as liver disease, impaired driving, lost work due to hangovers, and emergency room visits. Alco...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - September 19, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Twitter Chat: FASD Awareness Day
Join us on Sept. 9, International FASD Awareness Day, for a Twitter Chat on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). (Source: NIAAA News)
Source: NIAAA News - September 4, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: groa Source Type: news