Pregnancy and Alcohol Don’t Mix

In an article on ‘Medical Health Aritcles’, Dr Erhard Bieberrich, a biochemist in the Medical College of Georgia Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies has suggested that alcohol consumption increases cells death in foetus which could leave only a few cells to properly form the face and possibly the brain and spinal cord. Dr. Bieberich said “We are not saying that every pregnant woman who drinks three or four glasses of wine in a short period will have a baby with birth defects, but it elevates the risk.”

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