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Latest News
- Latest News
- Alcohol Use by Mom-to-Be Ups Baby's Infection Risk (06/14/2005, Reuters Health)
- Over Four Percent of Pregnant Women Used Illicit Drugs in Past Month (06/02/2005, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Drinking and Your Pregnancy
(National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
Also available in: Spanish
Overviews
- Overviews
- Drinking Alcohol during Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Illegal Drugs and Pregnancy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Drugs (Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction)
- Illicit Drug Use during Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- JAMA Patient Page: Smoking and Pregnancy (American Medical Association)
- Smoking and Pregnancy (American Lung Association)
Research
- Research
- Animal Study Finds Effects on Behavior, Brain Chemistry of Prenatal MDMA Exposure (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- Neurobehavioral Legacy of Prenatal Tobacco Exposure (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- New Study Finds Babies Born to Mothers Who Drink Alcohol Heavily May Suffer Permanent Nerve Damage (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Preliminary Study Suggests Smoking While Pregnant May Increase Chromosomal Abnormalities in Fetal Cells (American Medical Association)
Directories
- Directories
- Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
Organizations
- Organizations
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Also available in: Spanish - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Also available in: Spanish - National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
Statistics
- Statistics
- PeriStats (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Pregnancy and Drug Use Trends (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2002 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Preventing Smoking during Pregnancy (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)