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We collect the latest data from scientists who study the impacts of prenatal substance exposure. Below you will find easy to read explanations, along with links to the published articles.
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Developmental Implications of Prenatal Opioid Exposure among School-aged Children
Wouldn’t it be great if researchers collaborated with parents and caregivers just like you? The people who live with these resilient children day in and day out? That’s exactly what the authors of this study did. And by analyzing the data they collected, we can see trends in the developmental outcomes of opioid exposed children, who have transitioned from preschool to grade school and beyond.
Eat, Sleep, Console Approach or Usual Care for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal
What can be learned when 26 hospitals move from using the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool, to assess the severity of neonatal opioid withdrawal, to a newer function-based approach — the Eat, Sleep, Console care approach?
Visual Function in Children aged 5–13 years with Prenatal Exposure to Opioid Maintenance Therapy
Does prenatal exposure to opioids, specifically Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), affect the visual functioning of school children? Yes, it does. And whether mom was treated with methadone or buprenorphine makes a difference.
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and the Gastrointestinal Tract
The gut-brain connection is trending due to new understandings of the important links between these vital organs. What does this mean for opioid exposed infants? Is their gut, aka gastrointestinal tract, affected by the opiates mom consumes? These researchers had the same questions.
Brain Connectivity in Infants with Prenatal Opioid Exposure
This study on infant brains, exposed to opioids prenatally, shows network connections in the brain are different than the connections of non-exposed infant brains.