Gyllencreutz E, et al. (January 2020) Ophthalmological findings in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders – A cohort study from childhood to adulthood. The most common refractive error was astigmatism. In children with FASD, ophthalmological findings like refractive errors, strabismus, and fundus abnormalities are frequent and continue into early adulthood. The characteristic facial features of FAS diminish […]
Category: Research
Findings from the AQUA Study, Monash University
(9 December 2019) MCRI researchers contribute to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder inquiry. Interview with Prof. Jane Halliday. Mirage News
Foetal disorder research set to be ‘best data in UK
Public Health (November 2019) ‘Foetal disorder research set to be ‘best data in UK’ National Health Executive.
Heavy and binge alcohol drinking and parenting status in the United States from 2006 to 2018
McKetta S, Keyes KM (2019) Heavy and binge alcohol drinking and parenting status in the United States from 2006 to 2018: An analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional surveys. PLOS Medicine 16(11)
USA – 2019 shows increase in substance-affected infants referred to Social Services
Terence Jeffries (3 November 2019) 2019 shows increase in substance-affected infants referred to Social Services. Salisbury Post, North Carolina, USA.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: What does Public Awareness Tell Us about Prevention Programming?
Choate P, Badry D. MacLaurin B, Ariyo K & Sobhani D (31 October 2019) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: What does Public Awareness Tell Us about Prevention Programming? International Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Alcohol metabolism contributes to brain histone acetylation
P. Mews, G. Egervari , R. Nativio, S. Sidoli, G. Donahue, S. I. Lombroso, D. C. Alexander, S. L. Riesche, E. A. Heller, E. J. Nestler, B. A. Garcia & S. L. Berger. Alcohol metabolism contributes to brain histone acetylation. Nature, 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1700-7
UQ researcher heads to Canada to study major cause of child psychological issues
Freya Lucas (17 October 2019) ‘UQ researcher heads to Canada to study major cause of child psychological issues’. University of Queensland (UQ) Associate Professor Deborah Askew will use her newly awarded Churchill Fellowship to visit urban First Nations communities in Canada and Alaska to learn more about a major cause of child psychological issues – fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). The Sector […]
Navigator-Advocates’ help Indigenous offenders with FASD understand the legal process.
CBC News (10 September 2019) Yukon, Canada ‘Kwanlin Dün partners in program to help people with FASD in justice system’. Navigator-Advocates’ help Indigenous offenders with FASD understand the legal process.
Scotland: Conversation encourages honesty about drinking in pregnancy
BBC News Scotland (4 September 2019) ‘Conversation boosts honesty over drinking in pregnancy, study finds’.
