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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1977
Page
7
Health experts warn women to avoid alcohol and tobacco during pregnancy as studies link fetal alcohol syndrome to a range of defects. Dr. David Smith cites rising teen drinking, while Dr. Stanley Garn notes smoking increases underweight births. even occasional binges raise risk.
A researcher explains alcohol's harm to the fetus, noting unclear exact mechanisms but potential inhibition of cell division. He cites higher vulnerability at conception and early pregnancy, urges heavy drinkers to consider abortion options and stresses that abstaining later can reduce risks for future pregnancies.
A New England Journal of Medicine report from Boston University pediatricians finds infants of heavy drinking mothers show fetal brain defects and congenital abnormalities at higher rates. In a study of 633 women, 32 percent of heavy drinkers’ infants had abnormalities versus 14 percent for moderate drinkers and 9 percent for abstainers, with brain cells forming in disorganized sheets rather than distinct types. Researchers also note growing evidence against cigarette smoking during pregnancy.
Johns Hopkins University researchers in Baltimore analyzed 51,490 births from the Ontario Perinatal Mortality Study and found spontaneous abortions are twice as common among smoking women. Gathering and Smith urged that prevention should start at conception and warned that substances consumed during pregnancy can inadvertently harm fetuses.
At least 58 women in a four year nationwide breast cancer screening project lost breasts to surgery though they did not have cancer. A Mayo Clinic team reviewed 506 cancers detected by X ray mammography and found 66 benign and 22 borderline cases, with 58 benign and all borderline patients undergoing mastectomies. The findings were presented at a National Institutes of Health meeting amid debate over continuing the $54.6 million project.
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