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For decades, mothers have borne the brunt of scrutiny for alcohol use during pregnancy − new research points to dad’s drinking as a significant factor in fetal alcohol syndrome

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As many as 1 in 20 U.S. schoolchildren may exhibit some form of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

Fetal alcohol syndrome can occur when alcohol in the mother’s blood passes to the baby through the umbilical cord.

Doctors and other health care providers do not take into account the influence of paternal health and lifestyle choices.

Michael Golding : The CDC estimates that about 2% of all babies born in the U.S. are conceived using assisted reproductive technologies.

He says the more a man drinks before providing sperm, the lower the chances of his partner becoming pregnant in some cases, by almost 50% . Annual estimates suggest that the cumulative costs of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to the health care and educational systems range from US$1.29 billion to $10.1 billion annually .

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