Babies with fetal alcohol syndrome do not appear to cry in a specific way. They can be irritable or jittery, but the most noticeable sign of the condition will be the shape of the baby’s face. Fetal ...

Despite fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) developing in fetuses, doctors cannot reliably use ultrasound to diagnose the condition. Diagnosis only occurs after birth. FAS is the most serious form of fetal ...

Fetal alcohol syndrome is the most severe and preventable form of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, requiring specific diagnostic criteria. Obstetricians are crucial in preventing fetal alcohol ...

A new screening instrument has the potential to more accurately identify fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), reducing missed and erroneous diagnoses in affected children and facilitating treatment ...

Out of 206 fourth-grade students, 19 met criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. This was found in a pilot study conducted at the University of Gothenburg. The results indicate that birth ...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $2.9 million federal grant to study fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) to discover new tr ...

Out of 206 fourth-grade students, 19 met criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. This was found in a pilot study conducted at the University of Gothenburg. The results indicate that birth ...

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 ...

A couple of years ago, on this blog, I told the story of Lula. Born in Russia, Lula was an adopted child who was demonstrating classic behavioral and emotional difficulties associated with prenatal ...

This June, Mantler, in collaboration with the Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Research Network (CanFASD), ...

Two months after Jeremiah Dixon and his family spoke out about a mental health crisis that led to hospital staff sending him ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to a “medical consensus” about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, attorneys for inmate Michael Duane Zack on Sunday ...