Thousands of babies have been born hooked on drugs in England over the past decade, new data has revealed. More than 1,000 newborns have received treatment in England’s hospitals each year since 2014 ...

When Kiran Dwarakanath worked as a doctor in New York, hospitals had entire neonatology units devoted specifically to helping babies born addicted to drugs going through withdrawals. Then he came to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eight months pregnant and in pain, Stephanie Rosell went to the Holy Family hospital emergency room after an infection began ...

Opioids may affect how cute people think babies are, a new small study finds. In the study, people with an opioid dependence who viewed images of cute babies didn't show any activity in the part of ...

The most recent statistics put the number of regular cocaine or crack cocaine users in the world at 20 million. Of these, one in four will become addicted or develop use disorders. Among the addicts, ...

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SALT LAKE CITY -- An unborn baby is affected by everything an expectant mother does. That can become a very big problem when a mother makes poor choices like smoking, drinking and doing drugs. The ...

A Florida Gulf Coast University professor studied a method for weaning babies off opioids now recommended by the National Institutes of Health and a local foster mom has detoxed more than one addicted ...

(CNN) -- Children born dependent on heroin and other opiates may be more likely to perform poorly academically as they get older, according to a new study from Australian researchers. Children born ...