Research published last week in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology affirms that, “…the safest option for pregnant women is to avoid drinking [alcohol] during pregnancies.” Although,...
Vicki Russell
Light drinking during pregnancy does not harm child behavioural or mental
development, reports the journal BJOG.
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The NST is a simple pen and paper questionnaire, which is based on 10 individual items representing common areas of parent reported behavioural concerns in children with FASD. It
Researchers have just completed a first-of-its-kind longitudinal pilot study designed to understand
better how the neural processes that motivate responses to alcohol-related cues change during students’ first year of...
Lead Investigator: Dr Raewyn Mutch
Investigators: Dr Rochelle Watkins, Heather Jones, Winthrop
Research Professor Carol Bower
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for
Child Health Research, The University...
Adolescence has generally been recognized as a time of growth and change. Research on adolescent development has demonstrated for decades the profound and dramatic changes that occur during the...
Scientists have identified a molecular signaling pathway that plays an important role in the development of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The new research in cells and mice, supported...
Posted On: February
20, 2013 - 10:00pm
Fetal alcohol syndrome is the leading preventable cause of developmental disorders in developed countries. And fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a range...
The true number of children exposed to alcohol before birth is so poorly understood that the World
Health Organization has launched an international study to count them.