PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE
Children of pregnant women age 30 or older who binge-drink are more likely to suffer damage. A group of children born to inner-city women were tracked up to the age ofseven. The women were recruited while pregnant, and researchers studied
binge drinking, smoking, cocaine, marijuana and opiate use during
pregnancy. In particular, they found that children of pregnant women
age 30 or older who binge-drink are more likely to suffer greater damage
from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), including several measures
of attention. FASD is a group of birth defects that includes both
irreversible physical and mental disorders in addition to permanent
mental retardation. View the study.
