Like many hospitals across the country, it has seen the number of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome go up dramatically in recent years. The National Institute of Drug Abuse reports more ...

They are the tiniest of addicts: Babies whose mothers are hooked on opioids such as heroin, prescription painkillers such as Oxycontin, or who are in a registered methadone treatment program.

Rates of babies going through opiate withdrawal have increased about fivefold across the US over the past decade, new research shows.

The opioid-addiction crisis in West Virginia inspired a program that weans newborns off drugs and teaches mothers how to care for their babies.

Bickford said more than 150,000 babies were born in opioid withdrawal from 2012 through 2016, and that the number grows each year.

It is impossible to imagine the pain a baby, dependent on opioids, goes through as it sweats, vomits and experiences explosive diarrhea. The high-pitched cry and sight of the baby shaking uncontrol… ...

LESS GROWTH Infants born in withdrawal from opioids had heads that were nearly a centimeter smaller, on average, than babies born to mothers who didn’t use the drugs while pregnant. CokaPoka ...