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?

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Gov. Henry McMaster has officially made September Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month. Two state agencies want to get the word out about this 100 percent ...

According to CDC survey findings, 1 in 10 pregnant women aged 18 to 44 years reported using alcohol within the past 30 days and 1 in 33 reported binge drinking within the same time frame.

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 ...

An estimated 1% to 5% of school-aged children in the United States have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, or developmental challenges caused by drinking alcohol during pregnancy.