The alcohol industry makes claims to governments that contradict and obfuscate science in an attempt to influence marketing regulations and prevent more stringent controls on products, an Australian...
Vicki Russell
The IASSIDD Health SIRG will be holding a conference in Belfast, N Ireland on the 19th-21st June 2017 at the Hilton Hotel. The theme of the event...
A recent article in Medical News Today noted that worldwide, an estimated 119,000 children are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) each year.
Welcome to the New Year and the first edition of Act on Alcohol newsletter for 2017. The Act on Alcohol Team are well and truly back into the swing of...
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) includes a continuum of disorders that occur in children as a result of their mothers’ consumption of alcohol during pregnancy.
In 2009, Ms Oscar helped initiate Australia's first research partnership into FASD, which revealed that as many as one in five children in the Fitzroy ...
Shchukina further argues:
“Don't start pregnancy when you are already ... Beverages containing alcohol,
caffeine, or processed sugar.
From the pure science, to prevention, diagnosis and intervention across the lifespan, the conference will address the implications of this research and promote scientific/community collaboration.
Research: Results and Relevance...
A growing body of research is revealing associations between birth defects and a father’s age, alcohol use and environmental factors, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center.
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