Tag: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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FASD Awareness: Analyzing ‘Princess Margaret and the Curse’
I was so excited to read this new book, Princess Margaret and the Curse by Meryle Secrest, that asks us to consider whether Princess Margaret had fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. It came out on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day, which is the ninth day of the ninth month of the year, in a…
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Understanding FASD: Awareness Month Insights
It’s the first week of FASD Awareness Month, but not enough people know that. In fact, too few know that FASD stands for “Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders” and that no one in the US has FASD. Rather, they have AN FASD, because FASD is an umbrella term for the birth defects caused by prenatal alcohol…
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Prenatal Substance Exposure: A Growing Crisis
“Nearly 1 in 12 newborns in the United States in 2020 – or about 300,000 infants – were exposed to alcohol, opioids, marijuana or cocaine before they were born. Exposure to these substances puts these newborns at a higher risk for premature birth, low birth weight and a variety of physical and mental disabilities” (The Conversation). Unfortunately, this number…
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FASDs: Just Because We Don’t See Them Doesn’t Mean They’re Not There
Doctors can’t do it themselves. They need all of our help to educate about the harmful effects of PAE and diagnose FASDs.
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Knowledge Is Power, and More Is Readily Available through Neonate Screening for Drugs of Abuse
Every single baby born in the US is required to be screened for phenylketonuria (PKU), which is “a rare condition in which a baby is born without the ability to properly break down an amino acid called phenylalanine” (Medline). Annually in the US, 1 in every 10,000 to 15,000 babies born is diagnosed with PKU…
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Fifty Years Later
September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month, which was identified FIFTY years ago, and FASD United, the “National Voice [in the US] on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders” has asked that we take each week of the month to actively participate in bringing awareness about FASDs to others. (FASDUnited.org) Week one was to be…
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder Guest Editorial
I was privileged to write a guest commentary in October 2022 for Kenosha’s most interesting daily newspaper. I hope you’ll give it a read! https://www.kenoshanews.com/opinion/columnists/guest-commentary-parkland-shooters-defense-strategy-hurts-fasd-study/article_b5bbdf4e-4e37-11ed-8f2c-effacdf01e54.html
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