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Maternal Alcohol-Use Disorder and Child OutcomesThe effects of maternal alcohol-use disorder are experienced by the majority of exposed children rather than a vulnerable subgroup of this population
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Making FASD History in the Pilbara: celebrating International FASD Awareness DayTo mark International FASD Awareness Day, The Kids will launch a series of health promotion videos that feature local Aboriginal community members.
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NHMRC Fellowships awarded to support child health researchFour leading The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have been awarded Fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
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Community is tackling FAS in the Fitzroy ValleyAmong the highest rates of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) worldwide have been reported by Aboriginal community leaders in the remote Fitzroy Valley.
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Child behaviour following low to moderate maternal drinking in pregnancyChild behaviour following low to moderate maternal drinking in pregnancy
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Flagship award for folate champion Carol BowerOne of The Kids Research Institute Australia’s most influential researchers, who has played a seminal role in birth defect research and advocacy over a four-decade career, has won the Peter Wills Medal – the Australian research community’s flagship award.
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Early moderate prenatal alcohol exposure and maternal diet impact offspring DNA methylation across speciesAlcohol consumption in pregnancy can affect genome regulation in the developing offspring but results have been contradictory. We employed a physiologically relevant murine model of short-term moderate prenatal alcohol exposure resembling common patterns of alcohol consumption in pregnancy in humans.