Abstract Purpose of Review To review recent evidence on childhood hypertension across
Africa, identifying knowledge gaps, challenges and priorities, and highlight clinical …

Prenatal alcohol exposure results in a spectrum of behavioral, cognitive, and morphological
abnormalities collectively referred to as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). FASD …

Zinc is a crucial micronutrient found in food that is essential for the development of all living
organisms, it plays a vital role in gene expression and various physical processes, its …

Since the establishment of a clear link between maternal alcohol consumption during
pregnancy and certain birth defects, the research into the treatment of FASD has become …

Severe psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia are inevitably linked to unemployment,
meagre per capita income, and residence in disadvantaged, poorly resourced …

Corn oil, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC-Na), and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) are
widely used as solvents or suspensions in animal experiments, but the effects of prenatal …

Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) impairs fetal growth and neurodevelopment. Although
alcohol is well known to alter metabolism, its impact on these processes during pregnancy is …

Maternal dietary intake is likely a contributing factor to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
(FASD). Two, 24-hour dietary recalls were completed by pregnant women (n= 196) in South …

The adverse use of alcohol is a serious global public health problem. Maternal alcohol
consumption during pregnancy usually causes prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) in the …

Introduction Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are the leading preventable cause of
intellectual disability, providing the impetus for evaluating various potential treatments to …