Obstetrics (Risk Factors)

Drinking During Pregnancy Has Yet Another Consequence: Premature Delivery

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 22nd, 1999

Based on animal studies conducted during the 1960s, alcohol was once given to women during the 1970s and even the 1980s to prevent preterm birth. Then researchers discovered fetal risks associated with alcohol consumption, more specifically, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol effects (FAE).

Not until recently, however, have researchers understood that alcohol consumption during pregnancy can actually cause early delivery.

"A lot more attention has been given to the effects of alcohol on the fetus than its effects on the mother," said Jocelynn L. Cook, post-doctoral Fellow of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alberta's Perinatal...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1999-11-22)

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