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, ...

(CNN) - A new approach to treating babies exposed to opioids during pregnancy is showing some success. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the Eat, Sleep, Console care ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome is often assessed with the 50-year-old Finnegan scoring tool. Researchers ...

Jun. 3—Starting this week, Union Hospital Terre Haute Women and Children Services has launched a new way to care for infants who are exposed to opioids, and other substances, during a mom's pregnancy.

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 ...

In the Family Center at Exeter Hospital, nurse Sue Fifield is doing a job she loves — one that makes her feel like a stand-in mom, or an ideal mother’s helper.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new and improved way to care for babies born suffering from addiction withdrawal symptoms could be coming, according to a new trial. Several local hospitals, including UC Medical ...

Researchers have found the “Eat, Sleep, Console” (ESC) care approach to be more effective than using the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool (FNAST) to assess and manage opioid-exposed newborns, ...

Maine (WABI) - Last year, about one in 17 babies in Maine were born exposed to, or affected by opioids, according to the Maine Children’s Alliance. Traditionally, medication is used to treat the ...

On learning last year she was pregnant with her second child, Cailyn Morreale was overcome with fear and trepidation. “I was so scared,” said Morreale, a resident of the small western North Carolina ...

The opioid epidemic rages on and Indiana is one of the most highly affected states. Ruined lives and families and overdose deaths continue unabated. Regardless of what progress we may have made in ...

In Washington, hospitals automatically report newborns affected by their mother’s use of drugs or alcohol during pregnancy to Child Protective Services. State guidelines then call for testing those ...