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Mother holding her baby while speaking with a lactation consultant — Health

Three tips for safe feeding this festive season

Are you breastfeeding? Did you know that if alcohol is in your bloodstream, it’s also in your breastmilk – and at the same concentration? Or that just one standard drink remains in your breastmilk for an average of two hours?

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Young couple holding their newborn baby — Health

Every Moment Matters in a milestone year

As we mark the one-year anniversary of Every Moment Matters, we're taking the chance to reflect on the campaign's development and achievements so far.

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Female doctor showing a scan to a female patient — Health

Alcohol causes breast cancer, so why aren’t we talking more about it?

When people think of the harms caused by alcohol, they often talk about injury, violence or diseases like cirrhosis of the liver. Less frequent are discussions about alcohol and cancer.

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Two men sitting in a sports stadium press room while drinking alcohol — Health

When sporting professionals oppose unhealthy and harmful sponsorships

Recently, Kylian Mbappé – the world’s highest-paid soccer player – refused to be involved in marketing photos with KFC. While the French Football Federation’s official partner KFC was unimpressed by this action, they backflipped on comments made by an executive who seemed to threaten legal action against the player.

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Female doctor talking to a pregnant woman — Health

Supporting health professionals to have conversations about alcohol and pregnancy

Health professionals are one of the most trusted sources of information on pregnancy. When it comes to alcohol use during pregnancy, they play a key role in communicating clear advice based on the ‘Australian Guidelines to Reduce Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol’ (the Guidelines) by the National Health and Medical...

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Large gathering of people at a conference — Health

Lessons from the Rethink Addiction National Convention

Over the past two days I’ve joined 300 people at the Rethink Addiction National Convention in Canberra. It was an opportunity to listen and learn from the speakers who all had a lived experience of alcohol or other drug use, or gambling addiction.

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Young mother breastfeeding her baby — Health

What you may not know about breastfeeding and alcohol

There are a lot of mixed messages about alcohol and breastfeeding. We need clear messages on how to ensure breastmilk is alcohol-free.

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Young pregnant woman — Health

Reflections from NOFASD Australia’s FASD Forum

Earlier this month, NOFASD Australia hosted its virtual FASD Forum and explored the theme ‘FASD@50’, commemorating 50 years since FASD was first identified in the literature. Read on for some of the key topics shared by presenters.

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Smoking mirrors: Reduce Your Risk campaign highlights links between alcohol and cancer

It is well-known smoking causes cancer. We have heard this information for decades. It’s universally accepted. Common knowledge. What might surprise you is alcohol is also carcinogenic.

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Every Moment Matters: The campaign to raise awareness of the risks of drinking alcohol while pregnant, planning a pregnancy, or breastfeeding and FASD

Every Moment Matters emphasises the message that ‘the moment you start trying, is the moment to stop drinking alcohol’

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Alcohol use during pregnancy – new campaign

To help increase Australians’ understanding of the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, the Australian Government has funded FARE to develop a national awareness campaign

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Opening remarks: ACT Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on health and community wellbeing

Opening remarks from Caterina Giorgi, CEO of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education

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