News tagged with fetal alcohol syndrome
Fetal alcohol syndrome needs more awareness, group says
Sep 10, 2009 |
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For a decade now, the call has gone out every year on the ninth day of the ninth month warning women about the dangers of drinking while pregnant, yet Fetal Alcohol Syndrome remains stubbornly below the national radar, some ...
Alcohol, pregnancy and brain cell death
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Rutgers University Professor Dipak Sarkar has received a $3.5 million MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue researching the damaging effects of alcohol on the nervous systems ...
Hunting ways to protect babies when mom drinks
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Drinking during pregnancy can seriously harm a baby's brain, yet thousands of mothers-to-be still do. Now scientists have begun testing whether a prenatal nutrient might offer those babies a little protection, part ...
Fetal alcohol syndrome testing expands
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Improved technology, partnerships and collaboration across two provinces have allowed Queen's University scientists to dramatically expand the use of eye-movement tests that help identify and assess children ...
Combined measures of maternal drinking can predict resulting problems in children
Feb 02, 2009 |
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While many people are aware that drinking during pregnancy can lead to a range of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs), including the serious Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), linkages between maternal-drinking measures and ...
