Alarming increase in drug-affected newborns
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 08:35
in Health & Medicine
A new Australian study has found that the number of newborns suffering serious drug withdrawal symptoms is now more than 40 times higher than in 1980. The research, published in the latest edition of the international journal Pediatrics, also found that these infants were at greater risk of neglect and of being taken into care.