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Brooke Mueller hid rehab from doctors
03/12/2013 08:27
Brooke Mueller hid two stints in rehab from doctors while she was pregnant.
The 36-year-old troubled star - who has four-year-old twins Bob and Max with 'Anger Management' star Charlie Sheen - is believed to have been battling an addiction to crystal methamphetamine while she was carrying twin boys...
Prenatal exposure to alcohol disrupts brain circuitry
03/12/2013 08:23
(Medical Xpress)—Prenatal exposure to alcohol severely disrupts major features of brain development that potentially lead to increased anxiety and poor motor function, conditions typical in humans with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), according to neuroscientists at the University of...
Bound by the clock: The experiences of youth with FASD transitioning to adulthood from child welfare care
30/11/2013 17:25
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a condition that affects a significant proportion of children and youth in the care of child welfare agencies in Canada. Few studies have heard from the voices of youth with FASD themselves as they are leaving care. This article describes a...
Lego helps children with mental disabilities improve social skills
30/11/2013 17:21
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Experts say thousands of women still drink during pregnancy
30/11/2013 14:33
Health advocates are concerned more children are being born with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in Australia because women are getting mixed messages.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) changed the guidelines on drinking during pregnancy in 2009.
To read the...
Lives cut short
30/11/2013 14:30
"...Some women who have had children with fetal alcohol disorder can take part in a three-year, home visitation program shown to reduce substance abuse and increase use of birth control...."
Edmonton Journal
Alberta rarely studies death trends among foster children such as the startling number of...
New research finds eight out of ten pregnant women drink
22/11/2013 14:02
THE number of pregnant women who drink has been drastically underestimated, with new research revealing a staggering eight in ten expectant mothers consume alcohol.
The drinking rates uncovered by the research at the University of Newcastle over a nine year period are 64 per cent higher than...
Alcohol dependent pregnant women left high and dry
22/11/2013 14:00
PREGNANT women with a drinking problem that could leave their baby with brain damage have almost nowhere to turn for help, and fear losing their child if they seek treatment.
A new report on the treatment of alcohol-dependent women says there are more services to treat pregnant women with drug...
Baby seizure plan
22/11/2013 13:51
The New South Wales Government is preparing to introduce laws that would allow babies to be seized at birth if their mothers abuse drugs during pregnancy.
Pregnant women who use drugs or alcohol will be made to sign Parental Responsibility Contracts ordering them to undergo treatment, or risk...
Conference spotlights the political and policy challenges involved in tackling Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
22/11/2013 12:07
In her final report from this week’s Australasian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) conference in Brisbane, Mardi Chapman examines some of the political and policy challenges ahead.
She also profiles some creative responses to FASD from Indigenous communities, including the...
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