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Senate Bill 389 would put up to 80% of the remaining wetlands in the state at risk of permanent elimination. It would also remove costly mitigation requirements for developers. Opponents say that doing away with the protections could increase flooding, degrade water quality and destroy wildlife habitat. More than 40 organizations have opposed the bill, some have raised ethics concerns and Gov. Eric Holcomb, who has expressed unease about the environmental impact, allowed his state environmental and natural resource agencies to oppose the measure during a recent hearing. That bears repeating: ...

7 Things to Know About Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Parents 1/27/2021 © Provided by Parents Getty Images. There's been an increase in prescribed opioid use among pregnant women, and it's contributed to a rise in neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). According to March of Dimes, NAS is a group of conditions that happens as a baby withdraws from addictive illegal or prescription drugs they encountered in the womb—most often opioids. It comes with a host of symptoms, and it's usually treated at the hospital after birth. Keep reading to learn more about the long-term health effects and treat...

Published 19 January 2021 Background - To investigate the effect of frailty on short-term postoperative outcomes in patients with prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy (RP). Methods - Within the National Inpatient Sample database, we identified 91,618 RP patients treated between 2008 and 2015. The Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups frailty-defining indicator was applied, and we examined the rates of frailty over time, as well as its effect on overall complications, major complications, nonhome-based discharge, length of stay (LOS), and total hospital charges (THCs). Time tr...

Credit: New Jersey Medical School Dr .Salma Ali About 1 in 20 women, or 5% of all moms-to-be, abuse illicit drugs during pregnancy. This can lead to major health problems for mother and child, including neonatal abstinence syndrome, (NAS) which is especially prevalent in New Jersey. Rates for NAS are rising to dangerous levels here as a result of the reported spike in drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic. NAS occurs when newborn babies experience withdrawal after being exposed to drugs such as opioids in the womb, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NAS can be extrem...

1Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland 2Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 3Commissioned Corps Public Health Service Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland 4Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland ...