As soon as the home pregnancy test strip turned blue, Susan Bellone packed a few things and headed straight for Boston Medical Center's emergency room. She'd been using heroin and knew she needed ...

Working with pregnant Palm Beach County mothers trying to beat drinking or drug problems, Vidya Nair can tell you it isn't just destitute women tortured by addiction. Nair is clinical director for the ...

Friends of mine who are mothers and addicts in recovery say that one of the most horrifying experiences of their lives was using during pregnancy. They knew what they were doing might hurt their ...

A University of Cincinnati researcher has led the first-ever randomized clinical trial testing weekly injectable extended-release buprenorphine as a treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in patients ...

Every year, a group of Oregon health care professionals gathers for a grim exercise — reviewing every case in which a mother died during or soon after pregnancy. This past February, they reported a ...

Tennessee's legislature gave its approval a bill that would criminalize some drug-addicted pregnant women, depending on the outcome of their pregnancy. The bill, if signed into law, would allow ...

Carpenter first broached the subject during budget hearings with the judges. She wanted to, and now is diverting, $100,000 worth of unused drug court money — the expansion of Medicaid has provided a ...

Alicia M. Davidson, the drug-addicted pregnant woman whose parents wanted her to stay in jail to stay clean, has completed an inpatient rehabilitation program and pleaded guilty to a reduced charge.

(This story was updated because an earlier version contained an inaccuracy.) Working with pregnant Palm Beach County mothers trying to beat drinking or drug problems, Vidya Nair can tell you it isn't ...