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DOCTORS BATTLE BINGE DRINKING EPIDEMIC
04/01/2014 16:39
"...Two babies a month in Scotland are born with birth defects caused by their mother’s excessive drinking during pregnancy..."
3 Jan 2014
Scottish Daily Mail
By Julie-Anne Barnes Health Reporter
Frontline medical staff stepping in to confront problem drinkers almost 100,000 times a year
NHS...
Could a tipple in pregnancy be good for baby?
04/01/2014 16:38
"...The mothers who did drink were also likely to be from well- educated backgrounds with healthier lifestyles.
However, psychologist Janni Niclasen, who carried out the research, warned it was important to emphasise that the findings were not an invitation to pregnant women to drink alcohol..."
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OUR drinking problem
02/01/2014 18:10
"...The situation is extreme in two populations in the Northern Cape Province (De Aar and Upington), where the FASD prevalence rates exceed 100 per 1000 (10%) and 70 per 1000 (7%), respectively."
Daily News [South Africa]
OUR drinking problem
And it’s a national problem
The relationship between...
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Heart Defects May Be Caused by Altered Function, Not Structure
02/01/2014 18:08
Newswise — Bethesda, Md. (Dec. 30, 2013)—Recent data shows that more than 500,000 women in the U.S. report drinking during pregnancy, with about 20 percent of this population admitting to binge drinking. Even one episode of heavy drinking can lead to the collection of birth defects known as fetal...
Male mice's deficient diet is linked to birth defects
21/12/2013 09:20
15 Dec 2013
The Washington Post Sunday
BY MEERI KIM Kim is a freelance science journalist based in Philadelphia.
"We should be looking carefully at the way a man is living his life." Sarah Kimmins, study author and reproductive biologist
Watching what you eat and drink isn't just for moms-to-be...
NEW TOOLS FOR PARENTING ADOPTED CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
20/12/2013 14:24
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101 Holiday Strategies for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Supporting yourself and your family
18/12/2013 07:52
make holidays perfect. What matters is family and love and learning to live and appreciate each other for our unique gifts. Our kids do the best they can and if other people (aka, family) can’t understand that and you have tried to explain numerous times, just ignore them. Cut yourself and your...
States With Stronger Alcohol Policies Have Lower Rates of Binge Drinking
17/12/2013 14:23
States with stronger alcohol control policies have lower rates of binge drinking than states with weaker policies, a new study concludes.
Researchers gave scores to states based on how they implemented 29 alcohol control policies, HealthDay reports. States that had higher policy...
Nova Scotia researcher calls for warning labels on alcohol
12/12/2013 10:08
A Nova Scotia researcher is calling for warning labels on alcohol, similar to those that already exist on cigarette packages, even though there's
no evidence that liquor labeling works. In an article in the Journal of Public Health Police published in...
Helping children with sensory overload
10/12/2013 07:44
Donations help create place for students to calm down when the outside world gets too hectic
Admiral Seymour elementary teacher Andrea Wilks, right, is joined by former MLA Joan McIntyre, who donated to The Vancouver Sun's Adopt-A-School campaign, which in turn helped pay for this...
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Supportive housing in demand for people with FASD
08/09/2014 22:42
Photo by Vince FedoroffAT FULL CAPACITY - Options for Independencesʼ Dun Kenji Ku building can house at least 14 adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. It opened in March of this year, but is at full capacity already, with a waiting list. It offers round-the-clock assistance to residentsWenda...
Yukon leads country with response to FASD housing
13/06/2014 09:59
Yukon Government News ReleaseWHITEHORSE-Minister of Health and Social Services Doug Graham is hosting a delegation from Alberta that will tour Yukon's Options for Independence housing project. Alberta Human Services' Associate Minister for Services to...
Yukon study aims to identify inmates with FASD
12/06/2014 15:07
APTN National NewsThere are no hard numbers to determine how many inmates in Canada's justice system suffer from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. But the Yukon government is looking to find out. It's launching a new study, the first of its kind in the country, to find out how many prisoners have...
Focusing on FASD prevention
12/06/2014 15:01
Alistair Maitland/Yukon NewsDonna Jones is the FASSY education and prevention coordinator. With Yukon MP Ryan Leef's private members bill on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder debated this week on the House of Commons floor, FASD is a popular topic right now. But as important as addressing how...
‘They turned a community jail into a gulag’: Critics rail against Yukon’s $75M Whitehorse Correctional Centre
26/05/2014 10:56
The Office of the Auditor General is probing theoperation of Yukon's $75-million Whitehorse Correctional Centre, which is beingbranded a failure and a waste of taxpayers' money by critics.With a staff of more than 110, the jail costs $10-milliona year to run, but currently only houses about 70...
Leef’s FASD bill a ‘good start’: advocate
16/05/2014 13:40
The head of Yukon's fetal alcohol support society says MP Ryan Leef's private member's bill regarding the disability is a "good start." "It has been something that, since 2010, the Canadian Bar Association has been promoting, and now it's been adopted by the U.S. Bar Association as well," said Mike...
Lawyers push for more support for FASD
18/12/2013 16:03
Yukon News ... December 18 2013
The Yukon branch of the Canadian Bar Association wants the territory to become the first jurisdiction in the country to write human rights language directly into the Corrections Act.
The group is calling for an amendment stating explicitly there is a...
Yukon seeks input into proposed regulations including minimum rental standards
12/12/2013 15:41
WHITEHORSE—The Yukon government is asking for feedback on proposed regulations under the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, including minimum rental standards. This is the last step required before the new legislation is proclaimed into effect.
“When finalized, the Residential...
Yukon MP plans private member bill on FASD
19/11/2013 14:24
Yukon MP Ryan Leef says the Conservative government is tough on crime, but that doesn't mean jail is always the best solution.
Leef is working on a private members bill that would allow people affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder to be treated differently by the justice system.
He says the...