The purpose of this national initiative is to train interdisciplinary teams in targeted states on emerging knowledge and evidence-based practices in screening, monitoring and interdisciplinary care ...

It examines possible causation of the growing epidemic of drug usage among women and the impact of intrauterine drug exposure on neonates as exhibited by neonatal abstinence syndrome. The process ...

The babies suffered from neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), meaning they experienced withdrawal after their mothers consumed addictive substances or medication during pregnancy. Nearly 12,600 ...

Analyses for malformation outcomes and neonatal abstinence syndrome were restricted to smaller subsets of infants. The groups ...

The baby was jittery, had stiff muscles, sneezed a lot, and cried excessively—symptoms of neonatal abstinence syndrome, a withdrawal from drugs they were exposed to in the womb. Puzzlingly, the girl’s ...