The Public Health Agency of Canada is part of the federal health portfolio. Our activities focus on protecting against threats to public health, preventing and reducing diseases and injury, and ...

A preclinical study from scientists at Scripps Research finds that a drug already FDA-approved for treating inflammatory conditions may help reduce both alcohol intake and pain sensitivity-two ...

This Framework is designed to meet the needs of people with a range of knowledge and experience. It has now been 30 years since Fetal Alcohol Syndrome became a medical diagnosis. During this time, ...

Children with diagnosed or suspected Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder ... in other departments to identify early areas of foetal alcohol syndrome being developed, and making steps to address ...

Pre-Covid, Rotorua had rates of alcohol-related harm below the national average, but now it was above. “Things are going seriously wrong.” Health harms included fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

During a family holiday in Italy in July 2022, six-year-old Hudson Jones, who has Down syndrome, set up his own "coffee shop" in a town square. Spotting some chairs and tables, he invited his ...

Young adults -- particularly college students -- are more likely than any other group in the U.S. to engage in heavy drinking and experience alcohol-related consequences. The consequences of heavy ...

Ernesto Pérez Rodríguez, a Facebook user, recently highlighted the dire circumstances of Jonathan, a seven-year-old Cuban boy with Down Syndrome. Jonathan's challenges extend beyond his genetic ...

Murphy said that Olivia, adopted from Russia, has impairments resulting from fetal alcohol syndrome. The Villages at Noah’s Landing opened in 2016, fulfilling a years-long quest for Jack Kosik ...

Charlie has 20p duplication syndrome, a rare genetic condition which causes a wide range of physical and developmental challenges. Until now, Charlie had only been able to walk a few steps using a ...

Charlie has 20p duplication syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes a wide range of physical and developmental challenges. Until now, Charlie had only been able to walk a few steps using a ...