A recent study using pregnant ewe's has highlighted a possible mechanism that underpins the symptoms seen in fetal alcohol syndrome. The research has suggested that the consumption of alcohol alters the PH to a more acidic level in both the mother and fetus. PH is important factor in the...

Marijuana is the most used illegal drug by pregnant women and like alcohol it is able to cross the placental barrier. This recent study has shown using chick embryos the detrimental effects that cannaboids have on the early formation of the head and neural tube. This study particularly...

A drug called nicotinamide has been discovered by a team working in Cornell University in the United States that has been shown to protect the fetuses of pregnant mice from the exposure to ethanol. After exposure to ethanol the mice were injected with nicotinamide and the levels of neuronal loss...