Men drink more, are more likely to binge drink and are almost four times more likely to develop alcohol use disorder than women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet when ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Texas A&M researcher has found a connection between alcohol-related birth defects and a father’s drinking habits before conception. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is the most severe ...

According to the U.S. Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects in their unborn child. Now, research at Texas A&M University ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Researchers at Texas A&M previously discovered that excessive drinking by a father before conception can have a negative effect on fetal development. But recently, ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. According to the US Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects in ...

Drinking alcoholic beverages is the leading cause of mental and physical birth defects, exceeding both spina bifida and Down Syndrome. Alcohol causes more severe abnormalities in a developing baby ...

Practitioners who treat mothers and babies before and after birth are uniting to spread the word about birth defects. The Mothers and Babies Perinatal Network held a news conference with ...

The effects of boozing can be detected in sperm for more than a month after cessation and can lead to some pretty serious birth defects, Texas A&M University scientists have found in — at least in ...

Research investigating fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) exclusively examines maternal alcohol exposure. However, because men drink more and are more likely to binge drink than women, scientists set out to ...

The New Year is a time to evaluate and to take steps to improve our lives. Obviously, birth is the ultimate new beginning, and it is appropriate that this month is National Birth Defects Awareness ...