Rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome surged in recent years, but a newer approach to caring for newborn babies exposed to opioids during pregnancy gets them out of the hospital sooner and with less ...

The Eat, Sleep, Console method improves breastfeeding for infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) and enables healthy weight gain. The Eat Sleep Console (ESC) approach significantly ...

The United States has seen an explosion in the number of infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome in recent years, swelling by about 82% between 2010 and 2017, according to the US Centers for ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Opioids are touching every segment of New Mexico’s population, including expectant mothers. “When an individual uses opiates, which could be fentanyl, heroin, or other substances, ...

Although clinicians have traditionally used the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool to assess the severity of neonatal opioid withdrawal, a newer function-based approach — the Eat, Sleep, ...