New Jersey has worked for years to improve maternal health outcomes, but one of the greatest challenges has been addressing pregnant or new mothers who face addiction, as many patients deal with ...

Thirty-eight percent of pregnancy-associated deaths in Colorado between 2016 and 2020 were due to suicide and unintentional overdose.

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 14 Episode 7. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. This week’s episode left us all with a heavy, heavy heart.

It is relevant for providers to adequately assess patients for any type of substance use or abuse during the initial prenatal interview. The patient should be routinely asked about drug and alcohol ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Thirty-year-old Lydia Kareha knows what it’s like to hit rock bottom. “My decisions led me down a really rough path,” Kareha said. “I had a lot of felonies. I thought I was ...

Methadone and buprenorphine, both FDA-approved drugs, are considered the gold standard for treating opioid use disorder. They are so effective, in fact, that they are considered nearly curative for ...

Overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum women nearly tripled between 2018 and 2021, according to a study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published Wednesday. The rate of overdoses ...

All pregnant patients should have a prenatal panel that includes a complete blood count, screening for human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B, a rapid plasma reagin test for syphilis, rubella, ...