September is FASD Awareness Month. To mark this occasion, the Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is leading the way in increasing awareness and educating women on the importance of ...

Getting a complaint to stick in Michigan’s mental health system isn’t easy, an MLive investigation revealed. In 2023, 73% of complaints were found to be unsubstantiated and never investigated any ...

Congenital heart disease or defect is a common type of birth defect that needs medical attention. The exact cause is unclear, ...

The number of women who drink alcohol while pregnant is not decreasing, according to a 15 year-study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Approximately 1 in 8 women drank any amount ...

New Jersey must continue to do more to invest in critical care for adults living with I/DD. We can do more to promote safety ...

The Gauteng Health Department has called on pregnant women to prioritise antenatal care (ANC) to increase their chance of a ...

Provincial social workers say they don’t have enough family and community supports to effectively care for and protect ...

Using highly specialized 3D imaging and analysis techniques, we found consistent changes in the shape of the eyes and nose, ...

Christopher Ingram, a retired dentist from Tauranga, has petitioned the government to make ‘Pregnant? Don’t drink’ warning ...

Professional women are swelling the ranks of mums giving birth to children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a form of brain damage that affects thousands of New Zealanders. Byron Jones seemed ...

Children may have a higher risk of developing ADHD if their mothers used paracetamol – also known as acetaminophen – during ...

Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the likelihood that women of different racial and ethnic groups would reduce their alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Methods Data came ...