World Health Organisation (July 2019) ‘10 areas governments could work with to reduce the harmful use of alcohol’. Each year 3 million lives are lost due to harmful use...
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Katherine Gammon (10 July 2019) ‘Study probes effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on brain development’. Researchers have long known that babies born to mothers who drank heavily while pregnant...
Svetlana Popova, Shannon Lange, Vladimir Poznyak, Albert E. Chudley, Kevin D. Shield, James N. Reynolds, Margaret Murray and Jürgen Rehm (July 2019) ‘Population-based prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder...
NOFAS (July 2019) ‘NOFAS V.P. Kathy Mitchell Presents on FASD at WHO International Alcohol Forum’. NOFAS V.P. and Spokesperson Kathy Mitchell joins Dr. Diane Black, Chair, EUFASD Alliance and...
Lisa M. Chiodo, Caitlin Cosmian, Kristy Pereira, Nicole Kent, Robert J. Sokol, and John H. Hannigan (May 2019) ‘Prenatal Alcohol Screening During Pregnancy by Midwives and Nurses‘. Full text....
Online News (25 June 2019) Drinking alcohol during pregnancy has far reaching implications. FASD is South Africa’s largest birth defect with approximately 60 000 – 72 000 children born...
Lori Fullbright (13 June 2019) Rogers County Child Born With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Mother Gets Probation. News on 6, Oklahoma, USA . V Russell Comment: I’ve posted this article...
The Lancet (1 June 2019) UK: New Report Card could mark Governments’ progress in improving preconception health. Summary: There is growing interest in preconception health as a crucial period...
Up to 17 per cent ofchildren could have symptoms consistent with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder(FASD) according to new research published today (Friday 30 November) in Preventive Medicine. Read article...