Out of 206 fourth-grade students, 19 met criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, according to a pilot study at the University of Gothenburg. The results indicate that birth defects caused by ...

Celisse Olivia Bibr is a Research Assistant for Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network (CanFASD). Jacqueline Pei is Lead of the Intervention Network Action Team for the Canada Fetal ...

Men drink more, are more likely to binge drink and are almost four times more likely to develop alcohol use disorder than women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet when ...

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and Down syndrome are both conditions that are present at birth. While they both affect facial appearance, development, and physical health, they have different causes.

Fetal alcohol syndrome is the most severe and preventable form of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, requiring specific diagnostic criteria. Obstetricians are crucial in preventing fetal alcohol ...

Out of 206 fourth-grade students, 19 met criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. This was found in a pilot study conducted at the University of Gothenburg. The results indicate that birth ...

Alicia Dougherty went viral on TikTok after posting a time-lapse video of her next level meal-prepping skills for her family of 10 children. But there’s so much more to Alicia and her family, or the ...

An organization that has been diagnosing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and managing treatment for it recently relocated to a new clinic space with plans for additional diagnosis and treatments. The ...

Read more about local philanthropic efforts in the Year-end Giving Guide. Substance exposure happens across all social, economic and ethnic backgrounds. Yet stigma and shame contribute to families not ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many children adopted from Eastern European countries may have been exposed to damaging levels of alcohol in the womb, a new study suggests. In a study of 71 children ...

Little Ellie had fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Sept. 27, 2010— -- Lori and Craig Gertz, parents from Long Grove, Ill., were faced with a heartbreaking and unimaginable choice: to keep their ...