Babies born in opioid withdrawal have unusually small heads
A new study suggests the drugs may impair brain growth
LESS GROWTH Infants born in withdrawal from opioids had heads that were nearly a centimeter smaller, on average, than babies born to mothers who didn’t use the drugs while pregnant.
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