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An emergency care order was granted to Child and Family Support Agency in the case of a recently born baby. Wexford District Court was told that the father of the child was serving a prison sentence ...

Medical care for newborn infants who were exposed to opioids in the womb varied widely across 30 hospitals nationwide, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study ...

Dr. Kaisamari Kostilainen's research explores how singing and music therapy could provide vital support for infants suffering from opioid withdrawal symptoms. has previously shown that parental ...

Hospital stays for infants experiencing opioid withdrawal after exposure to the narcotics in utero can be greatly reduced by treatment with buprenorphine, according to a study published in The New ...

Imagine a cold, bright delivery room at 6 a.m., and the quiet is broken by the cries of a baby. Its small hands are shaking ...

The number of babies born with drug withdrawal symptoms in Maryland hit 1,419 cases in 2015, marking a 56.6 percent increase in the last nine years, according to The Baltimore Sun. While some infants ...

Sciamanna said he saw an uptick in babies born with withdrawal starting around 2010. That was about the time doctors started forming an approach to caring for the babies and working with their mothers ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A surge in U.S infants born with symptoms of withdrawal from heroin or strong prescription painkillers is driven largely by rising drug use among women in rural areas, a new study found ...

Psychologists have described the withdrawal of public health nurse developmental checks for babies in some areas as detrimental and “hugely concerning”. In some areas of the country, the Health ...