Disrupting Prenatal Care — A Revolution Is Underway
Dr Diana Bianchi explains how noninvasive prenatal testing using cell-free DNA is changing the paradigm for prenatal care and fetal screening. Medscape …read more
Pregnant Women Pass on Opioid Addiction to Infants
Almost 30% of women have filled an opioid pain reliever prescription during pregnancy, significantly increasing the risk for infant withdrawal syndrome. Medscape Medical News …read more
Neonatal abstinence syndrome risk varies with modifiable factors
Infants born to women taking prescription opioids were more likely to have neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) if their mothers smoked tobacco or took selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs),… …read more