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More Babies Born with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome

 
The number of children being born with foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is rising, with an estimated 5 000 FAS babies born each year. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cases of foetal alcohol syndrome are up […]

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Behavioural outcomes among children of alcoholics during the early and middle childhood years

 
This study examined early behavioural outcomes among young children of alcoholics (COA) as a function of differences in subtype of paternal alcoholism. Participants were 212 children (106 girls and 106 boys, ages 3 through 8) and both of their biological […]

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Parents ignorant of passive smoking health risks

 
Parents are unaware of the health risks of passive smoking on their children, a new report by ASH has shown, Only a quarter of parents are aware asthma can be a risk. And just 3% of parents identified cot death […]

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A Healthy Start: Some Parenting Practices May Protect Youth From Early Marijuana Use

 
Parenting practices during the middle years of elementary school, such as supervision and monitoring, may affect adolescent initiation of marijuana use, according to a new NIDA-supported study conducted by Dr. Chuan-Yu Chen and colleagues from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg […]

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