Out of 206 fourth-grade students, 19 met criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. This was found in a pilot study conducted at the University of Gothenburg. The results indicate that birth ...

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can lead to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Learn about treatment gaps and prevention strategies.

Fifty years after it was first coined, the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) now does more harm than good and should be dropped, according to a group of Canadian doctors led by ...

Celisse Olivia Bibr is a Research Assistant for Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network (CanFASD). Jacqueline Pei is Lead of the Intervention Network Action Team for the Canada ...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is considered a preventable birth defect; the damage occurs while the brain is developing during pregnancy.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders could affect between 1 and 5 percent of children in the United States. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images By the time kids diagnosed with attention deficit ...

More children are suffering from fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) than previously thought, according to a new study shedding light on vast numbers of undiagnosed youth with symptoms ranging ...

Stigma against fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a leading cause of developmental delay in North America, can lead to prejudice and discrimination or impact self-esteem for individuals with ...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: An under-recognized issue that may be on the rise Date: March 19, 2014 Source: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Summary: The International Journal of ...

Medical researchers recently published findings showing that brain development is delayed throughout childhood and adolescence for people born with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Both fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and autism spectrum disorder are neurodevelopmental in origin. A new rodent study has found that these disorders share common molecular vulnerabilities ...