Pregnant? Just found out you're pregnant?
It's never too late to get the facts about alcohol and pregnancy.
Treating the Mother, Protecting the Unborn
Establishing the safety of medications and other exposures in pregnancy and lactation is one of the most challenging tasks for practicing physicians. With about fifty percent of all pregnancies unplanned, large numbers of women are seeing their health care providers after taking medications for chronic conditions, or being exposed to infectious diseases, chemicals in the workplace or home and other common exposures. This website is designed to help you answer those questions with information from Motherisk, Canada's leading teratogen research and counseling program.

MOTHERISK NEWS

PHYSICIANS SURVEY

Help us understand current practices in the treatment of conditions in pregnancy. If you are a family physician who sees pregnant patients, please participate in Motherisk's latest physicians survey. Thank you!

THE MOTHERISK E-LEARNING CENTRE

This new Motherisk web feature contains video tutorials for health care professionals.
  1. General Principles of Teratology
  2. The Management of Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy
  3. Micronutrient Supplementation in Pregnancy and Lactation
  4. Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

MOTHERISK UPDATE

The "Motherisk Update" is a regularly featured article in the Canadian Family Physician Journal. Check this section of the Motherisk Web site each month for our on-line reprint of the latest Update.

CURRENT STUDIES

Do you have a patient who might be eligible to participate in a Motherisk study? Visit our Current Studies for a full listing of studies.

ALCOHOL & PREGNANCY
IMPORTANT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY

MDcme.ca in conjunction with the Public Health Agency of Canada and its partner organizations is pleased to announce the availability of a free accredited online course for physicians and allied health professionals regarding preventing and addressing alcohol use during pregnancy.
Full Details Public Health Agency of Canada

PREGNANCY RESOURCES

FOLIC ACID

Folic Acid Research shows that women who take vitamins that contain folic acid may lower the risk that their baby will be born with a birth defect called a neural tube defect. Between 2 and 4 babies of every 1000 babies born in Canada have neural tube defects.
Find out more

ABOUT MOTHERISK

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The Motherisk Program at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is a clinical, research and teaching program dedicated to antenatal drug, chemical, and disease risk counselling. It is affiliated with the University of Toronto. Created in 1985, Motherisk provides evidence-based information and guidance about the safety or risk to the developing fetus or infant, of maternal exposure to drugs, chemicals, diseases, radiation and environmental agents. Motherisk Mandate | Motherisk Clinicians and Researchers
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