It’s hard to imagine a more difficult start to life than the early days of Callum Hesketh. Adopted at the age of four after 24 temporary placements in foster care, Mr Hesketh was raised by a loving ...

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 ...

The Valparaiso couple arrived at the hospital, the woman already in labor. A staff member wheeled her to the delivery unit, but it was too late. She gave birth in the wheelchair. That was the first ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

It’s hard to imagine a more difficult start to life than the early days of Callum Hesketh. He spent his first four months in intensive care after suffering a stroke and a cardiac arrest as hospital ...

The number of U.S. infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome — a term encapsulating the host of health problems newborns experience when their mothers use opioids during pregnancy — increased ...

More than 1,000 babies were born last year in Tennessee addicted to drugs. It's a trend that has grown each of the last 14 years. Now, the state is looking for new ways to break the cycle. So far this ...

FARGO - A baby born addicted to methamphetamine reportedly has been returned to a mother from the Spirit Lake reservation who an official said failed to submit to drug tests. The 4-month-old infant ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Spokane community is now home to a facility offering care to newborns who are born addicted to drugs. They haven't been open long, but they've already helped quite a few moms ...

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 ...