MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --One in 10 pregnant women admit to doing it, and one in 20 Minnesota first graders feel the effects of that decision. Every Sept. 9, advocates raise awareness about Fetal Alcohol ...

Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy can trigger more or less severe neurodevelopmental and growth disorders. Recent ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs), like Autism Spectrum Disorders, manifest in childhood as physical abnormalities along with social, attention and learning difficulties that ...

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 ...

O’Connor researches fetal alcohol spectrum disorders at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she has provided both diagnosis and treatment to children exposed to alcohol in the womb. At ...

The warnings are bold on alcohol labels: if you are pregnant, consuming alcohol could cause serious health problems for your baby. But pregnant women have been consuming alcohol for centuries. So how ...

I hear it all the time now. “Oh, he has FASD.” Well, no he doesn’t, because there is no such thing. Confused? So are most people. In March of this year I posted a discussion of the new DSM-5 ...

One in 10 pregnant women admit to doing it, and one in 20 Minnesota first graders feel the effects of that decision. Every Sept. 9, advocates raise awareness about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.