Out of 206 fourth-grade students, 19 met criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, according to a pilot study at the University of Gothenburg. The results indicate that birth defects caused by ...

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and Down syndrome are both conditions that are present at birth. While they both affect facial appearance, development, and physical health, they have different causes.

Out of 206 fourth-grade students, 19 met criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. This was found in a pilot study conducted at the University of Gothenburg. The results indicate that birth ...

Health professionals will have access to national clinical practice guidelines to help assess and diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), following a 4-year research project led by The ...

Fetal alcohol syndrome is the most severe and preventable form of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, requiring specific diagnostic criteria. Obstetricians are crucial in preventing fetal alcohol ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many children adopted from Eastern European countries may have been exposed to damaging levels of alcohol in the womb, a new study suggests. In a study of 71 children ...

(WAND) - September marks the start of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders refer to a range of lifelong physical, behavioral, and cognitive disabilities ...

Celisse Olivia Bibr is a Research Assistant for Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network (CanFASD). Jacqueline Pei is Lead of the Intervention Network Action Team for the Canada Fetal ...

Elizabeth Jane Elliott receives funding from the Australian Department of Health and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, including a Leadership Fellowship. She is a Board ...

Be watching for several local bridges and numerous other landmarks to be lit brightly in red on September 9th. September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Month, with the ninth day designated ...