Each year, researchers with the Prevention Network Action Team (pNAT) of CanFASD Research Network conduct an international literature review of academic articles published on FASD
Month: June 2016
San Francisco photographer captures homeless pregnant women in beautiful portraits
Over the past eight and a half years, San Francisco photographer Keri Vaca has volunteered her time once a month to capture beautiful portraits of the
Pregnancy test dispensers attempt to raise fetal alcohol syndrome awareness
It’s not unusual to see dispensers for tampons or sanitary napkins in women’s washrooms, but at a college and a bar in Whitehorse, women can also buy pregnancy tests. In an attempt
Help Promote the Low Risk Drinking Guidelines This Canada Day
The Chief Public Health Office and the Liquor Control Commission are encouraging Canadians to follow the Canadian Centre of Substance Abuse’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines.
Safety concerns as pregnant women try marijuana for morning sickness
Safety concerns as pregnant women try marijuana for morning sickness For some pregnant women, morning sickness isn’t just an annoyance; it’s severe and unrelenting and
Sympathy, shame, and few solutions: News media portrayals of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Sympathy, shame, and few solutions: News media portrayals of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders Objective: There is a lack of public understanding about fetal alcohol spectrum