ST. LOUIS - When Ellen Corona adopted her now 16-year-old son Scott, he was a perfectly healthy baby. But in the third grade, he started to have problems. He was treated for ADHD and bipolar disorder.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), a leading cause of neurodevelopmental disorders, may affect as many as 1 in 20 ...
FASD-CAN notes that these findings are consistent with extensive international research showing that individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) also experience reduced life expectancy due ...
Men drink more, are more likely to binge drink and are almost four times more likely to develop alcohol use disorder than women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet when ...
Whatever happened to Ellie Gertz, the adopted child a parent couldn't handle? Dec. 7, 2011— -- Lori Gertz was vilified last year when critics accused her of heartlessly sending her 7-year-old ...
Little to no attention has been given to the father's potential contribution to fetal alcohol syndrome disorders. Katleho Seisa/E+ via Getty Images Men drink more, are more likely to binge drink and ...
You might have heard rumors that drinking alcohol during certain trimesters of your pregnancy is OK, but no amount of alcohol is safe when you’re pregnant. All drinks with alcohol can harm an unborn ...
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 ...
An organization that has been diagnosing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and managing treatment for it recently relocated to a new clinic space with plans for additional diagnosis and treatments. The ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many children adopted from Eastern European countries may have been exposed to damaging levels of alcohol in the womb, a new study suggests. In a study of 71 children ...
Pointing to a "medical consensus" about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, attorneys for inmate Michael Duane Zack on Sunday urged the Florida Supreme Court to block his scheduled Oct. 3 execution in the 1996 ...