November 16, 2004

How pregnancy drinking harms baby

Women who drink while pregnant run the risk of having a child with alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder. Lead researcher Sandra Jacobson, professor of psychology at Wayne State's School of Medicine, conducted a new study showing that children with alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder have IQs lower than 70. \"In the past, we thought IQ effects were seen only in children with full-blown fetal alcohol syndrome, but now children with alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder also have intellectual impairment," Jacobson said.

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