September is National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness month. We'd like to take some time to educate our readers on this condition. According to the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol syndrome, FASD is "an umbrella term describing the range of effects that can occur in an individual prenatally exposed to alcohol." Signs and symptoms can vary from child to child, from acute to severe cases. A few of the signs and symptoms are as follows: low birth weight small head circumf

This month is National Birth Defect Prevention Month, and in keeping with the 2015 theme for the month of “Making Healthy Choices to Prevent Birth Defects - Make a PACT for Prevention”, we’d like to take a moment to discuss fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Signs and symptoms of FAS vary from child to child, from acute to sever cases. A few of the signs and symptoms are as follows: low birth weight small head circumference failure to thrive developmental delay organ dysfunction f