"This chapter is written for supervisors and psychotherapists who work with pregnant substance abusing women in the Specialist Health Service in Norway..."
"Using animal models, scientists at Northwestern University in Chicago were able to reverse learning and memory deficits resulting from exposure to alcohol in utero..."
"...A United States researcher involved in a
study on alcohol warning labels in Yukon that as halted after pushback from the
liquor industry says caution messages have proven effective...
"The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education has called for a 10 per cent increase to the tax paid on alcohol in Australia, which would see the price of...
"...Evidence indicates that maternal marijuana use may impair fetal growth and brain development, but conclusive links between marijuana and prenatal complications haven't been established the way those have been...
Pilot scheme to spread message about drinking during pregnancy.
For years Sharon Wallace believed her grandson Xavier's erratic, aggressive behaviour was because he lacked discipline, but a recent diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder has finally provided the...
"When kids in care become kids in jail, it only makes matters worse...""...Some are burdened with lifelong challenges, such as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder..."
"...The boy was not diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
– highly common among Aboriginal youths in WA – but had similar developmental
issues including impulse control, hyperactivity and...