By Maria Isabel Acosta Lopez According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, alcohol consumption increases the risk of breast cancer. For every 10g (around
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The New York Times: Drinking While Pregnant: An Inconvenient Truth
Recommending that pregnant women not drink alcohol has been called old-fashioned and even patriarchal. So, as a feminist, my opinion may come as a surprise.
Affects of alcohol use on first-year college women
By Higher Education Center – January 7, 2019 First-year college women are more likely to experience negative consequences such as blacking out and unwanted sex when they
CBC: The road to gender equality should not be littered with empty wine bottles
The struggle for gender equality is far from over, but women are catching up to men in at least one way: alcoholism. Canada’s chief public
CanFASD Article Summary: Maternal Intellectual or Developmental Disability and Newborn Discharge to Protective Services
Intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) includes challenges in intellectual functioning (learning, problem solving) and/or everyday skills and social skills, beginning before the age of 18.
Experts Worried as More Pregnant Women Use Cannabis
A recent report found that pregnant women are using cannabis at an increased rate, while cigarette and alcohol use during pregnancies have gone down. The