Rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome surged in recent years, but a newer approach to caring for newborn babies exposed to opioids during pregnancy gets them out of the hospital sooner and with less ...

When Kiran Dwarakanath worked as a doctor in New York, hospitals had entire neonatology units devoted specifically to helping babies born addicted to drugs going through withdrawals. Then he came to ...

Infants exposed to opioids and psychotropic drugs during pregnancy have a 30% to 60% higher risk of experiencing neonatal withdrawal, a study has found. That risk doubles when multiple psychotropic ...

A clinical study shows that a symptom-based treatment for babies with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS)—a highly ...

On learning last year she was pregnant with her second child, Cailyn Morreale was overcome with fear and trepidation. “I was so scared,” said Morreale, a resident of the small western North Carolina ...

(CNN) - A new approach to treating babies exposed to opioids during pregnancy is showing some success. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the Eat, Sleep, Console care ...

CHICAGO — Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth. The infant is going through drug withdrawal and ...

A 5-day-old newborn was found safe after allegedly being taken by his parents from a drug withdrawal clinic in Phoenix. FOX 10's Jacob Luthi learns more about what may have led health officials to ...

While pregnant with her second child, Cailyn Morreale was assured by her care team that she did not need to discontinue buprenorphine and that her baby would be assessed and monitored using the Eat, ...