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Why Pregnancy and Alcohol Don't Mix By : Roberto Bell Noah is nine years old and in the second grade. He was considered to be in the third grade this year, but he has had regular problems learning in school. His attention period is not what other kids' are, and in fact, he suffers from slight mental retardation. In addition, inferior hearing also obstruct his performance at school. And it could all have been prevented if his mother had not been drinking -- and drunk heavily -- while pregnant with her child. FAS in internationally adopted children By : Boris Gindis, Ph.D. An Alcohol-Related Neuro-developmental Disorder (ARND) - is a well-known and well-researched affliction. The extreme degree of this disorder is commonly known as FAS - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. The specificity of FAS in post-institutional children adopted internationally from Eastern Europe (mostly from the republics of former Soviet Union), is much less researched and less known and is the subject of this article. It is based on my own clinical experience working with international adoptees (IA) since 1992 at the BGCenter. Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in the Internationally Adopted Child By : George Rogu M.D. of Adoptiondoctors.com Can Fetal Alcohol Syndrome be distinguished by doctors and is there a test that can be performed to help with the diagnosis?