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| Genes may alter alcohol's effect on fetus - Thursday, April 23, 2009 |
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| New website and materials on alcohol and your health from NIAAA - Wednesday, March 11, 2009Check out the new website  here! |
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| Binge drinking in pregnancy may raise risk of baby seizures - Friday, February 27, 2009Women who binge drink during pregnancy could be increasing their children's odds of suffering seizure disorders, researchers said. Yuelian Sun, of the University of Aarhus in Denmark, and his team found a nearly 1.4 fold increased risk in seizures among children whose mothers drank excessively when they were 11 to 16 weeks pregnant. read more ... |
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| A Drink a Day Raises Women's Risk of Cancer, Study Indicates - Friday, February 27, 2009For years, many women have been buoyed by the news about one of life's guilty pleasures: That nightly glass of wine may not only take the edge off a day but also improve their health. Now it turns out that sipping pinot noir might not be such a good idea after all. read more ... |
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| New study on a "metric" for predicting FASDs - Wednesday, February 04, 2009A new tool has been studied which combines multiple research and clinical measures for predicting FASDs. The lead author for this study commented that the tool has been very successful in predicting cognitive dysfunctions and behavior issues in children. A news release regarding the new "metric" can be found at: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/137630.php |
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| Study Shows Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol Related to Teen Drinking - Monday, January 26, 2009A recent report from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University discovered that rats exposed to alcohol during gestation,were more attracted to other rats, during adolescence, who had alcohol on their breath. Rats who were not exposed to alcohol during gestation did not show increased attraction to rats with alcohol on their breath during adolescence. The implications of this finding could show that alcohol exposed children may show higher interest in alcohol related situations during adolescence. You can read the full article via Science Direct here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114200001.htm |
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| Recovery Coaches Reduce Number of Substance-Exposed Births - Thursday, January 15, 2009A report by the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare published in the Journal Child Abuse & Neglect shows that recovery coaches -- caseworkers with special training in addiction, relapse prevention, case managment and counseling -- can cut the number of newborns exposed to alcohol or other drugs and can play an important role in reuniting families. Read more about this study on ScienceDaily or get the full article from ScienceDirect. |
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| Reduction in Newborns With Discharge Coding of In Utero Alcohol Effects in the US - Monday, January 08, 2007Has the use of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification ( ICD-9-CM) code for fetal alcohol effects declined during the past 10 years among hospitalized newborns in the United States. read more ... |
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