During the tightly regulated gastrulation, embryonic cells differentiate into the three germ layers – endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm – which eventually give rise to all tissues and organs.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A simple information sheet may help prevent harms caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. A study just published in Alcohol, ...

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.

Ultrasound scans cannot detect fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) or other fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Diagnosis occurs after birth. Learn more here.

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 ...

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?

FAS is a fetal disorder caused by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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