NEWS and ARTICLES
CBC Toronto (Canada) - Alcohol And
Pregnancy
Matt Galloway spoke about an ad campaign on
downtown streets, with Gal Koren. He is the president of FASworld Toronto . The
ad campaign is spreading awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Standard Digital (Kenya) - Pregnancy and
alcohol don’t mix
Have you ever seen a pregnant woman drinking a
certain brand of alcohol. Not in the hidden but openly? I have. And the person
who was proudly refilling her glass was her husband.
Nanaimo Daily News (Canada) - Signs warn of
risk in mixing booze, pregnancy
Nanaimo's liquor-service sector will soon be
required to warn patrons about the dangers of mixing alcohol with pregnancy.
Nanaimo city council is set to approve a new bylaw mandating liquor-licensed
establishments to post warning signs about drinking while pregnant. Restaurants,
pubs and liquor stores will have until January to put up the new signage or
owners could the risk of facing a $100 fine.
Brandon Sun (USA) - Campaign targets
drinking, pregnancy
THE North Point Douglas Women's Centre is trying
to get the message out to expectant mothers about the dangers of FASD, one
poster at a time.
Adelaide Now (Australia) - Foetal alcohol
syndrome linked to binge drinking by mums
YOUNG women who binge drink while pregnant are
producing a new wave of school children with learning difficulties, experts
say.
Deccan Chronicle (India) - Booze turns A womb
killer
Here is a case which should make parents who
consume alcohol unmindful of the effects it would have on their yet to be born
progeny sit up and take note. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is not something to be
taken casually, say docs.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting (USA) -
Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership focuses on addicted babies
The Cabell County Substance Abuse Partnership
hosted its seventh annual summit recently as it educates the public on the
growing issues of substance abuse in pregnant moms.
CBC.ca (Canada) - Peer support reinforces
breast-feeding benefits
While the percentage of women breastfeeding
their babies continues to increase across the country, a Lakehead University
researcher says that's not the case with Aboriginal women.
Oregon.gov (USA) - Alcohol Use by Pregnant
Women
Fetal alcohol syndrome usually results from
alcohol exposure at 3-8 weeks gestation. Because of this many women may be
drinking while they are unaware that they are pregnant. As a result, reported
alcohol use just before pregnancy may be the most accurate measure of use in
early pregnancy.
UPCOMING EVENTS
First International Conference on Prevention
of FASD - September 23 - 25, 2013
This is the first international conference to
address the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of FASD.
FASD: Best Practices in the Last Frontier –
May 22-24 2013
The Arctic FASD Regional Training Center and the
UAA Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services invites you to attend the
2013 conference on FASDs – FASD: Best Practices in the Last Frontier.
MATERIALS and VIDEOS
Human Relations Media - DRUGS, ALCOHOL &
PREGNANCY
One out of ten babies in the U.S. has been
exposed to drugs like cocaine and alcohol in the womb. The results are often
tragic: undersized, unresponsive babies with nerve damage, seizures,
deformities, impaired motor skills and (as they grow older) behavior and
learning disabilities.
VancouverSunOnline - What are the Effects of
Alcohol on Pregnancy?
Alcohol is a toxin and its effects on your baby
if you drink to excess are well documented. Dr. Karen Buhler, family physician,
discusses the effects of alcohol on pregnancy.
docstoc - Read the history of FASD - Alcohol
and Pregnancy and Fetal
Gov.ma – Girls, Women and Alcohol: Making
informed Choices
This resource was written by women for women to
give you useful information about alcohol and help you make healthy and
well-informed choices about your alcohol use. It is not designed to make women
stop drinking alcohol.
New website – KnowFASD
SAMSHA - Addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders (FASD) In Women’s Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
SAMSHA - Integrating Sustainable Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Services in Your Existing Service
Setting
RESEARCH
PLOS - Cost of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder Diagnosis in Canada
As a result of using the most conservative
approach, the cost of FASD diagnostic services presented in the current study is
most likely underestimated. The reasons for this likelihood and the limitations
of the study are discussed.
PubMed - Alcohol use in pregnancy: insights
in screening and intervention for the clinician
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy remains a
common occurrence and is associated with a multitude of adverse birth and
long-term outcomes. Binge drinking in particular is shown to be particularly
harmful to the developing fetus. Effects include full fetal alcohol syndrome,
with characteristic facial dysmorphology, growth restriction, and developmental
to delays.
Alcoholism - Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Correlates of Saccadic Reaction Time in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder
Eye movement tasks provide a simple method for
inferring structural or functional brain deficits in neurodevelopmental
disorders. Oculomotor control is impaired in children with fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder (FASD), yet the neuroanatomical substrates underlying this are
not known.
Alcoholism - Comments and Reflections on
Ethics in Screening for Biomarkers of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Early identification of and intervention for
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) has been shown to optimize outcomes for
affected individuals. Detecting biomarkers of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) in
neonates may assist in the identification of children at risk of FASD enabling
targeted early interventions.
PNAS - Understanding variability in ethanol
teratogenicity
Ethanol is the most widely used psychoactive
drug and, when used inappropriately, can have deleterious effects. The
developing fetus is particularly sensitive to the deleterious effects of
ethanol.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Tribuna (Romania) - Consecinţele consumului
de droguri asupra fătului şi nou–născutului
Abuzul de droguri reprezintă o problemă de
sănătate publică şi nu una legală şi este, în conformitate cu afirmaţiile
American Committee of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ACOG, 1984) unul din riscurile
majore ale obstetricii contemporane atât pentru mamă cât şi pentru făt.
