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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Risks, Symptoms, and Dangers of Drinking During Pregnancy
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and related conditions fall under the broader category of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs), which range from mild to severe. While some children exposed to lower ...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is the medical term used to describe a set of physical and mental birth defects that can result from drinking alcohol during pregnancy. When a pregnant women drinks ...
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For decades, mothers have borne the brunt of scrutiny for alcohol use during pregnancy − new research points to dad’s drinking as a significant factor in fetal alcohol syndrome
such as fetal alcohol syndrome, historically only the mother’s drinking habits are taken into consideration. Research clearly shows that sperm carry a vast amount of epigenetic information ...
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Alcohol Use During Pregnancy
Why Is it Risky to Drink Alcohol During Pregnancy? Babies can be born with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) if a mother drinks a lot of alcohol during pregnancy. No one knows how much alcohol use is risky ...
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MATERNAL DRINKING AND FETAL CLUBFOOT
We studied the prevalence of clubfoot in 129 patients with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or Alcohol Related Birth Defects (ARBD) aged 1-24 years. The mothers were all chronic alcoholics who abused ...
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752 Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in the U.K. and Ireland: a new study
Objectives To determine the epidemiology of FAS in the UK and Ireland in children aged 0–16 years. This study does not include Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) or other paediatric disorders ...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
What Is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)? Babies whose mothers drank alcohol during their pregnancy can be born with birth defects and developmental disabilities. The problems that can happen when babies ...