Aims

To support the free and open dissemination of research findings and information on alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. To encourage open access to peer-reviewed articles free for all to view.

For full versions of posted research articles readers are encouraged to email requests for "electronic reprints" (text file, PDF files, FAX copies) to the corresponding or lead author, who is highlighted in the posting.

___________________________________________

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Women warned not to drink alcohol in first 3 months of
pregnancy

  • John Carvel, social affairs editor
  • The Guardian,
  • Wednesday March 26 2008

· Glass of wine a week safe during later stages
· NHS watchdog overturns earlier guidelines

The NHS standards watchdog will today warn women not to drink any alcohol during the first three months of pregnancy, abandoning its own draft guidelines that were published last year.

The new advice by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) also suggests that women should be much stricter about what they drink from the fourth month onwards: a small amount of alcohol is safe, but never more than one or two days a week.

The apparent U-turn by Nice comes after it caused a furore last autumn when it suggested that pregnant women could drink every day, advice that contradicted a hardline message of abstinence that was being promulgated by the Department of Health.
. . . . . . .

Read Full Article

________________________________________________________

at