Fifty years after it was first coined, the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) now does more harm than good and should be dropped, according to a group of Canadian doctors led by ...

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders could affect between 1 and 5 percent of children in the United States. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images By the time kids diagnosed with attention deficit ...

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) affects an estimated 1.1% to 5% of first-graders in the United States. FAS is a type of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), which can develop due to alcohol ...

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 ...

A recent article highlighted a child navigating life with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), and like so many stories, ...

Exposure to alcohol during fetal development can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), of which FAS is one type. In contrast, Down syndrome occurs in people who have an extra copy of ...

Orr knew her daughter’s brain didn’t process information the same way Ella’s did. She was exposed to alcohol in the womb and was diagnosed with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Pam’s family’s case is far from an isolated one: The Centers for Disease Control estimates that up to 1 in 20 school-age children has Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder – a range of physical ...

A new report has revealed the staggering number of young Queenslanders held in custody that have been diagnosed with a ...

This week, experts told a Broward jury that the Parkland shooter has fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). If these disorders spawned a killer, how common are they and what are the signs?

Re: “Psychologist: School shooter suffered fetal alcohol damage” : As parents of a 32-year-old woman with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), we want the community to know that ...