The destination is Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley – a town once ravaged by the horrors of alcohol, domestic violence and suicide. But that was before local Aboriginal women...

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy has a potential risk of harming your baby. Although some health professionals may say it is fine to drink occasionally,...

Should mums-to-be who drink be branded criminals?

A landmark case addressing this question is currently underway in the United Kingdom.

Lawyers for a seven-year-old child with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome,...

Brian Easton, Larry Burd, Anna Sarnocinska-Hart, Jürgen Rehm, Svetlana Popova

Objective: The purpose of this study was to estimate the productivity losses due to morbidity of individuals with...

HUGE trees shade the banks of the Fitzroy River, their upper limbs festooned...

In January 1998 five days of freezing rain collapsed the electrical grid of the Canadian province of Québec. The Read More

"...new research suggests that as many as one in 20 U.S. children may...

RESULTS: Total dysmorphology scores differentiate significantly fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and partial FAS (PFAS) from one another and from unexposed controls. Alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND) is not as clearly...

No one's sure how many Australians are affected by foetal alcohol spectrum disorders, but the consequences for those who are can be devastating.