Moms’ Drinking Linked to Babies’ Nerve Damage
From Times Wire Reports
Researchers have found a whole new level of damage in babies born to mothers who drank heavily during pregnancy -- this time to the nerves in their arms and legs.
The study, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, is the first to look beyond the well-known damage to the brain and spinal cord in babies of mothers who drink and to find damage outside the central nervous system.
It is the first study to show the infants may suffer peripheral nerve damage as well as mental retardation and birth defects, said Dr. Duane Alexander of the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.
