FAS Kids Can Fully Recover, Researchers Say
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News:
A regimen of constant mental stimulation and nurturing during the first two years of life can help children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) catch up developmentally with their peers, the CanWest News Service reported Sept. 10.
A Toronto program is pioneering the intervention, and researcher Gideon Koren of Toronto's Sick Children's Hospital said that widespread implementation could transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of children.
Most of the children who have passed through the program end up testing normal on standard developmental tests, said Koren.
The observational study, which followed the children up to age 6, will be published in the Journal of FAS International.
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