No labels have yet been put on alcohol products sold in Ireland containing health warnings about drinking during pregnancy, despite the recommendations of a report a year ago.
A wider range of intellectual and physical disabilities can happen in babies born to mothers who drank alcohol at some time in the pregnancy.
These are commonly grouped together under the umbrella term Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Health Minister James Reilly said a study partly funded by the HSE was under way in the Coombe Women's Hospital in Dublin.
The study initially screened women for alcohol intake in pregnancy with a view to counselling them accordingly.
Source: Eilish O'Regan, Irish Independent, 14/05/13
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