TORONTO, CANADA - Experts Will Examine Canadian Strategies For Ideas To Improve FASD Awareness Around The World. The world’s leading teratology experts at MotherToBaby USA and Motherisk Canada, members of the international non-profit Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS), will converge with the European Network of Teratology Information Services (ENTIS) in Toronto on September 19th – 21st to share breakthrough research and discuss how to prevent …
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MotherToBaby Calls Recent NY Times Antidepressant Story ‘Incomplete,’ ‘Weak’
BRENTWOOD, TN - Experts at MotherToBaby, a service of the international non-profit Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS), call the recent New York Times article suggesting use of antidepressants during pregnancy is more harmful than previously thought "incomplete" and "weak." The story takes a strong stance suggesting depression treatments during pregnancy may lead to more birth defects. "This kind of information can scare women into taking drastic measures, like stopping her …
FASD Awareness: Alcohol During Pregnancy Still Affecting 40,000 Babies Each Year
MotherToBaby is joining the cause to increase awareness of the risks of drinking alcohol while pregnant as September’s Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Month kicks off. It is estimated that 40,000 babies are born each year with FASDs, which describe a range of effects that can happen to a fetus when a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy.1 The U.S. Surgeon General advises pregnant women and women who are considering becoming pregnant to abstain from alcohol consumption to …
MotherToBaby UT Marks 30th Anniversary With 230,000th Call
(Salt Lake City, UT) – For three decades, the Pregnancy Risk Line’s (PRL) MotherToBaby service has helped mothers and health care providers keep babies safe during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. On May 30, the program celebrates 30 years of service and will take its 230,000th call, give or take a few. The experts at MotherToBaby answer questions about a variety of potential exposures like foods, prescriptions, OTC medications, diseases, and immunizations a baby can be exposed to through …
MotherToBaby Utah Hosts Webinar On Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco In Pregnancy
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - A webinar aimed at educating the public, as well as health care providers, about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs of abuse (ATOD) and their effects during pregnancy is now available for free viewing. Julia Robertson, CPM, and Alfred Romeo, RN, PhD of MotherToBaby Utah, also known as the Pregnancy Risk Line, hosted the webinar. MotherToBaby Utah is supported by the Utah Department of Health. Topics include a discussion on the increasing public health concerns with drug …
