"attachment_98933" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Kimberly Siegrist, a certified pediatric nurse practitioner, speaks ...

The annual event, held in recognition of International Women’s Day, honoured six women from across various fields for their ...

Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health, Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States Prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure ...

In this blog, we use the term ‘women’ to refer to those born with female sex, including female chromosomes and hormones, rather than gender. We currently have very little research evidence specific to ...

Birch wants women to know of the grave dangers alcohol ... people living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (known as FASD), that she realised what had happened to her daughter.

Description: FASD is a series of preventable mental and physical birth defects associated with alcohol use during pregnancy. Helping women to drink less or no alcohol during their pregnancy will ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Neurodevelopmental abnormalities in experimental fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) are associated with impaired signaling through complex pathways that mediate neuronal ...

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Background: Substance use, including tobacco, alcohol, khat, and illicit drugs, is a significant preventable contributor to the global burden of disease. Women are particularly vulnerable during their ...

Women outlive men, by something of a long shot: In the United States, women have a life expectancy of about 80, compared to around 75 for men. This holds true regardless of where women live, how ...