The CDC's Recommendations to Help Prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.

The article reports that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) emphasized its long-standing recommendation on the need to screen all patients for harmful alcohol use and that women should avoid intake of alcoholic beverage during pregnancy, which aims to reduce if not eliminate fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Topics discussed include the role of family physicians in alcohol prevention among pregnant women, and prevalence of alcohol consumption among women.