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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Misdiagnosed as ADHD
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Source: Forbes.com FRIDAY, July 17 — Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are often initially diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, since the two problems can manifest in similar ways, a new study shows. However, children with FASD have more difficulty interpreting social information than children with ADHD, and [...]
Video: Alcohol, Smoking & Pregnancy
This is a March of Dimes public service announcement ad regarding the dangers of smoking and drinking during pregnancy. Please just do not do it. Drinking during pregnancy causes physical and mental defects. Everything you eat or drink passes to the baby through your placenta. Alcohol can be exceptionally toxic to a developing fetus’s neurological [...]
Alcohol & Fetal White Matter, Steroids and Prematurity & Fetal DNA Testing
Drinking While Pregnant Damages Fetal Brain White Matter We all know that drinking and pregnancy don’t mix. We generally contend that a glass of wine with a meal is fine but getting buzzed or drinking heavily is a huge no- no. It is so dangerous that most doctors and health care professionals simply make a [...]
Dangers Of Drinking During Pregnancy
In 1968 French medical researchers identified a collection of abnormalities in children born to alcoholic mothers. These abnormalities came to be known collectively as the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). The defects associated with FAS are caused when alcohol drunk by the mother crosses the placenta, enters the unborn child’s bloodstream, and interferes with normal biological [...]
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