Medical texts lack direct messages on alcohol's threat to pregnancy.

Publication: Women's Health Weekly

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2002 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite two decades of consistent warnings from public health authorities that pregnant women should not drink alcoholic beverages, the vast majority of widely used medical textbooks fail to communicate this message unequivocally, a new study reveals.

Many texts, including those published recently, contradict these public health guidelines, researchers report in the August 2002 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

"Medical texts are...

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