(WJHL) – One of the region’s most heart-rending consequences of the opioid epidemic is declining for the second straight year. If trends hold through December, Northeast Tennessee’s eight counties ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . From 2010 to 2017, estimated rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome and maternal opioid use disorder ...

McAllister and colleagues [1] observed some interesting characteristics in infants treated for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) after birth. Upon follow-up, many of these infants exhibited ...

Effective management of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) - withdrawal symptoms occurring in infants exposed to opioids in utero - requires a coordinated "cascade of care" from prevention through ...

Over the last decade, opioid use in the United States and Tennessee has rapidly increased, causing an alarming number of babies born with NAS – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, a set of withdrawal ...

Recent research adds to the evidence supporting a shift toward greater emphasis on mother-child bonding in the care of newborns who were exposed to drugs such as opioids before birth. Among babies ...

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome — narcotic withdrawal symptoms in infants who were exposed to drugs in the womb — is affecting thousands of families across Massachusetts. Severe symptoms at birth include ...

When Kacy Burgess became a foster mom, she knew little about neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), or the fact that West Virginia led the nation in drug impacted births. NAS is the withdrawal syndrome ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Nearly $500,000 in federal funding has been earmarked for a Huntington facility that supports infants suffering from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Lily’s Place is set to ...