Although the number of infants diagnosed with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) and the number of infants entering foster care have increased substantially in the US since 2009, analyses ...

A crib mattress designed to vibrate gently for tactile sensory stimulation eased neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, reducing need for pharmacologic treatment, a randomized clinical trial showed.

CLEMSON, S.C. (WSPA) – Researchers at Clemson University said infant opioid withdrawal is a bigger issue than people may think. “If mom takes opioids during pregnancy, babies are then born dependent ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GILBERT, Ariz. - Every 15 minutes, a baby is born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, which is caused by withdrawals from certain drugs they were exposed to in the womb. In Gilbert, a nonprofit that ...

The mother had abused prescription painkillers like OxyContin for the first 12 weeks of her pregnancy, buying them on the street in rural northern Maine, and then tried to quit cold turkey — a ...