Psychology & Psychiatry
Can a 10-year-old be responsible for a crime? Here's what brain science tells us
The age a child can be arrested, charged and jailed in Australia is back in the spotlight.
Aug 29, 2024
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Health
Drinking during a pregnancy: an expert offers guidance
It's a question many women may ask themselves during pregnancy: Will an occasional glass of wine harm the baby?
Aug 4, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows how excessive drinking affects others
A new study published in Addiction shows that around a fifth of adult Australians, from across regional and metropolitan Australia, reported harm from the excessive drinking of people they know.
May 14, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experimental study proposes therapy to correct memory deficit caused by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
A research team of the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) involving the Hospital del Mar Research Institute has for the first time, in mice, identified and validated the neurobiological ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
People exposed to alcohol prenatally experience significant challenges, which differ by sex
In a recent analysis, researchers found sex differences in the health and neurodevelopmental outcomes of people exposed to alcohol before birth. Male participants in the study, published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental ...
Mar 20, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Can certain nutrients protect against the effects of fetal alcohol exposure?
Fetal alcohol exposure at any stage of pregnancy can lead to congenital malformations, as well as cognitive, behavioral, and emotional impairments in offspring. New research conducted in mice and published in The FASEB Journal ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Addiction
Improved accuracy of screening tools for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder may lead to faster diagnosis
A new screening instrument has the potential to more accurately identify fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), reducing missed and erroneous diagnoses in affected children and facilitating treatment and support, a new study ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Drinking during pregnancy changes baby's brain structure
A new MRI study revealed that consumption of alcohol even in low to moderate amounts during pregnancy can change the baby's brain structure and delay brain development. Results of the study will be presented next week at ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Autism spectrum disorders
Research, services lacking for autistic Indigenous people, say researchers
The formula seems simple: Take evidence-based research, add patient input and highly trained professionals plus adequate resources, and you get accessible, appropriate health care.
Oct 27, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why suicide prevention support is crucial for people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a lifelong disability that affects the brain and body of people prenatally exposed to alcohol. New research is backing concerns raised by the FASD community about the high rates of ...
Sep 28, 2022
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