“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), analyzing data from 2022, continues to shed light on when and how women are dying during and following pregnancy. In particular, deaths due to mental health conditions have risen significantly from 22.7% in 2021 to 27.7% in 2022.  Mental health conditions continue to be the overall leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths, with 216 deaths due to mental health conditions.”

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Choline is an essential nutrient that supports brain health. While studies have shown inconsistent benefits of choline supplementation for improving outcomes related to PAE, Dr. Susan M. Smith is working to better understand when and how choline may help.

As part of her work with CIFASD, Dr. Smith is studying whether pairing choline with other micronutrients, such as vitamin B, may improve outcomes for individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure.

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 Last week’s congressional hearings on U.S. health policy covered familiar ground.  The central issue driving the hearings was the administration’s FY2027 budget request, which proposes cutting HHS discretionary funding by 12.5% and reducing NIH’s budget by more than $5 billion.  Federal investments have supported prevalence studies and longitudinal research through initiatives like the Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD), along with early efforts to build screening and intervention models. The scale of that investment, though, has never come close to matching the prevalence or scope of FASD. 

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“Two new resources from Children and Family Futures in partnership with Casey Family Programs are designed to support clearer identification and more coordinated, family‑centered responses. The issue brief explores how common and overlooked FASD is among children and families involved in the child welfare system.”

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 The University of Nevada, Reno team in collaboration with AAMA and the Medical Assistant Partnership (MAP) is pleased to share their Alcohol Awareness Month social media toolkit was developed with UNR's media team. 

The toolkit includes four weeks of read-to-use content for social media posts as well as corresponding images and animations. 

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 “Prenatal alcohol exposure affects not only fetal development and brain function after birth. As this new ARCR review reports, people with prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders can experience a wide range of conditions affecting the whole body and lasting into adulthood. These persistent consequences include metabolic disorders; changes in body composition; effects on the health and function of the bones, heart, kidney, immune system, and reproductive system; and impairments of vision, hearing, and sleep.”

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