If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!September 9 was the International FASD Awareness Day. This initiative was started on Septmber 9, 1999 (9/9/99) at 9:09 am and is now being observed all over the world. It aims to raise awareness about the dangers of alcohol [...]
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Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies have been studying the mechanism by which alcohol damages unborn babies.
Pregnant women who drink alcohol put their babies at risk of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, FAS. Babies born with FAS have liver abnormalities, facial deformities, and brain and spine problems.
As a fertilized cell [...]
Tags: alcohol, birth defects, drinking while pregnant, FAS, fetal alcohol syndrome
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