A recent article published in the National Post examines the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in Canada, concluding that the existing underlying drinking problem among
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Changes in Drinking Patterns, and Attitudes Toward and Knowledge About Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy in a Population of Pregnant Danish Women
Ulrik Schiøler Kesmodel, Aivara Urbute First published: 25 March 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14031 Background In 1997, The Danish Health Authority recommended that “it is safest not to drink alcohol
Chronic low alcohol intake during pregnancy programs sex-specific cardiovascular deficits in rats
Sarah L. Walton, Melissa Tjongue, Marianne Tare, Edmund Kwok, Megan Probyn, Helena C. Parkington, John F. Bertram, Karen M. Moritz and Kate M. Denton Biology of Sex Differences201910:21 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-019-0235-9 Abstract Background Exposure to an adverse environment in early life can have lifelong consequences for risk of cardiovascular
Further Studies Needed on Prenatal Maternal and Paternal Cannabis Use
Addressing comorbid psychiatric problems will be important to decrease cannabis use during pregnancy. Ericksen et al1 have underscored the need for further research on the frequency
These policies were supposed to stop pregnant women from drinking. A new study says they’re hurting babies.
In a study published on Wednesday in the journal PLOS One and provided to Vox exclusively ahead of publication, Meenakshi S. Subbaraman, a biostatistician at the Public Health Institute,
Egon Jonsson, PhD: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): A Policy Perspective
Egon Jonsson, PhD First Published March 5, 2019 Editorial https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743718773706 The link between alcohol use and poor pregnancy outcome may have been observed for thousands of years, as