Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause severe difficulties for the developing baby. Multiple motor, behavioral and cognitive problems can surface during the child’s early years that continue into adulthood.
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Women with addiction issues are often better at hiding their symptoms because of social pressures. A mother who stays home with her children may hide daytime drinking or the use of anxiolytics to protect her marriage. Heavy drinking among men is often more socially acceptable, so women tend to be more secretive about their drinking, particularly if they have families or careers to protect. Addiction makes women more vulnerable to sexual assault and domestic abuse.
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Drinking heavily during pregnancy can lead to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) due to the effects of alcohol on the developing fetus’s brain. Despite this, about 3 in every 1,000 babies are born with FAS, which can lead to intellectual disabilities, behavioral problems, growth defects, and abnormal facial features.
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A year after the deadly drunk-driving crash in which a Long Island mother drove the wrong way down Taconic State Parkway and collided with an SUV—killing four children in her car, herself, and three adults in the SUV—the involved families are arguing over a forthcoming HBO documentary about the tragic event.
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Two researchers, Barbara McCrady and Elizabeth Epstein, wanted to know whether cognitive behavioral therapy worked better for alcohol-dependent women when delivered as couples therapy than when delivered as individual therapy.
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In Kothal Khurd, India, many day laborers are alcoholics who squander most of their earnings on alcohol, leaving their wives and children to fend for themselves. Shaikh Azizur Rahman of the National writes that Brijesh Kumar used to spend half of his daily wage each night on alcohol, and when his wife asked for money [...]
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Alcohol use among pregnant women has been shown to be harmful to the unborn child. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) set out to report on the trends of alcohol use among pregnant women in its report: Alcohol Use Among Pregnant Women and Recent Mothers: 2002 to 2007.
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In the past, women caught driving under the influence were likely to be given a break by police officers, but not anymore. The Chicago Sun-Times’ Frank Main reports that DUI arrests of females over the past decade have spiked in Chicago, as well as throughout Illinois and the nation, even as the number of men [...]
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A 34-year-old mother accused of driving drunk and killing a teen on his bicycle is distraught over the boy’s death and has sought alcohol and psychological counseling, according to her lawyer. Caroline Goss of Mattituck, New York, is charged with drunk driving, endangering the welfare of a child, and driving with an open container of [...]
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Daniel Schuler, husband of the 36-year-old woman who caused a highway crash that killed eight people, insists that his wife was not drunk and high behind the wheel, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. “My heart is clear,” Schuler said of his wife Diane, who was also killed in the accident. “She did not drink. [...]
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A study from Idaho State University says that alcohol causes more physiological stress in women than in men. According to the study by Dan Selvage, women release higher leels of stress hormones. This means the hormones could mask other illnesses.
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