Little is understood about alcohol's effect on foetal development

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

It's long been known that alcohol use in pregnancy can lead to children with mental retardation and birth defects, but researchers who study foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) have not made definitive progress on preventing the disorder, detecting it early, or effectively treating it, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Centre...

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