Patient Education Information

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Why Drinking and Pregnancy Don't Mix - This advice comes from FamilyDoctor.org.

When You Are Pregnant, Drinking Can Hurt Your Baby - Learn the different ways you baby can be hurt by your drinking.

Drinking Alcohol - Learn more about problems caused by drinking alcohol during pregnancy from the March of Dimes.

Independent Living for People with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration offers this fact sheet.

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence: Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects - This fact sheet will provide statistics associated with fetal alcohol syndrome, as well as a brief overview of the syndrome.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Graphics Gallery - The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. One can access graphics on the area of the brain that can be damaged in utero by maternal alcohol consumption, craniofacial features associated with FAS, and the reported incidence rate of FAS.

National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - NOFAS was founded in 1990 and is the only national organization focusing solely on FAS.