Very little was known about FASD when Dolores gave birth to Kim in 1971. Now Dolores is helping raise Kim’s daughter Sarah, who is also
Month: April 2019
Drinking Among Pregnant Women Up in U.S.
MORE THAN 1 IN 9 pregnant women in the U.S. drink alcohol while pregnant, and about 4 percent binge drink, according to new survey estimates from
Science Daily: No safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy, suggest researchers
An international group of researchers has taken one of the first major steps in finding the biological changes in the brain that drive fetal alcohol
CanFASD: Media Week #4: Stigmatisation, Exaggeration, and Contradiction: An Analysis of Scientific and Clinical Content in Canadian Print Media Discourse About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Prepared by John Aspler, at the IRCM’s Pragmatic Health Ethics Research Unit and McGill University’s Integrated Program in Neuroscience John graduated with a BSc in
Ottawa Citizen: Adam – Ontario government should have considered the sobering facts about alcohol
A customer browses wine for sale at a Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) store in Toronto. The provincial government intends to make it easier
National Post: PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL AFFECTS A MILLION CANADIANS. WHY IT’S TIME TO START TACKLING OUR HIDDEN DRINKING PROBLEM
It’s been 45 years since researchers revealed the risks of drinking during pregnancy. But as Vanessa Hrvatin reports, rates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder are