The NHS standards watchdog will today warn women not to drink any alcohol during the first three months of pregnancy, abandoning its own draft guidelines that were published last year. The new advice by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) also suggests that women should be much stricter about what they drink from the fourth month onwards: a small amount of alcohol is safe, but never more than one or two days a week.
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Pregnant women should not drink alcohol during first three months, says NICE - The Times 26th March 2008
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Alcohol ban advised for pregnancy - BBC Health News 26th March 2008
Women warned not to drink alcohol in first 3 months of pregnancy - The Guardian 26th March 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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