On learning last year she was pregnant with her second child, Cailyn Morreale was overcome with fear and trepidation. “I was so scared,” said Morreale, a resident of the small western North Carolina ...

Among these options, pills are the most common type of contraception used by sexually active women in the United States. All forms of hormonal birth control work by preventing the ovaries from ...

Inconsolable crying, tremors, digestive problems--all symptoms that a baby is experiencing withdrawal from her mother’s addiction to prescription painkillers. Rock Center’s Kate Snow investigates how ...

Precipitated withdrawal may result from starting certain medications to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) too soon after using opioids. Typically, withdrawal symptoms occur when a person stops using ...

Many forms of birth control require a regular break, where a person stops taking the medication for a brief time. At this time, they may experience bleeding that resembles a period. This is known as ...

Nausea, sweating, and diarrhea are just some of the possible symptoms of opioid withdrawal. How soon those symptoms start and how long they last can vary by person, but the general opioid withdrawal ...

Withdrawal is a constellation of aversive symptoms—ranging from anxiety, tremors (“the shakes”), and nausea to hallucinations and frank seizures—brought on by the sudden stoppage or dosage drop of ...