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dr. stephen patrick who practices medicine at the university of michigan and he joins me now. dr. atrick, welcome. what did you study to conclude that the number of babies with drugs in their system hadn't just increased over the last decade but nearly tripled? >> well, we looked at neonate al syndrome which is a syndrome that new borns experience after they're born. it happens after the new borns have been exposed to op yates during the pregnancy. we found that the rate of babies diagnosed with drug withdrawal grew by three fold. in 2009 we noted that more than 13,000 babies were born with drug withdrawal or about one baby born per hour. >> suarez: what drugs are we talking about here? drugs we already knew americans were taking a lot more? >> the other part of our study we looked at mothers using opiate at the time of the delivery. that increased five fold over the last decade. we were not able to tell the exact type. but opiates are a brought class. it includes everything from heroin to pain relievers like vike din and even meth don. >> suarez: are these prescription drugs? >> u

dr. steven patrick of the university of michigan and his colleagues noticed an increase of babies born with neonatal absence syndrome. they found the number of newborns with drug withdrawals tripled between 2000 and 2009. while the study did not look at the exact drugs taken during pregnancy, researchers found the number of mothers using or abusing opiate painkillers like vicodin, methdon, and oxycontin skyrocketed since the year 2000. the majority are covered by state medicaid programs. >> the states are really incentivized to limit opiate exposure before these babies are born and potentially promote innovations to care for these babies most effectively after they're born. >> reporter: the cost for treating the infants reached more than $700 million in 2009, as the babies must stay in the hospital and be weaned off the narcotics, sometimes over a period of weeks or months. erika edwards, nbc news. >>> new information that may save the woman in your life. the benefits of a mammogram outweigh the risks for some women in their 40s. researchers at georgetown university say despite the number o

let's bring in retired new york detective patrick brosnan and dr.aden, forensic pa thol exist and -- pathologist and fox news tore. dr. baud ben i want to start with you, undetermined, what does it mean for a cause of death? >> means when the autopsy was done 19 months after she disappeared they couldn't find the precise cause of death and therefore they couldn't find the cause of death or the manner of death and they're leaving the whole thing undetermined. although under these circumstances adpri with the mom who is saying she was murdered. she was last seen running from a house with her person who brought her there, chasing after her. she is not seen anymore. i think that person has to be high on the list of persons of interest. harris: yeah. you know we have 911 calls that we know about from that night. we also have the fact that the body was found in a swampy area. detective brosnan, i'm curious to know how, not knowing how she died figures into the investigation at this point? >> well, harris, the thing is that the nonconclusive determination

patrick's catholic church in bedford for her funeral, and joining us now is dr. wendy walsh. dr.llo. first off -- >> hi. >> you met mary kennedy and bobby kennedy jr. on many occasions. what was she like? >> you know, i have done a little bit of work with his amazing foundation, the water keeper's alliance, and my condolences first of all, go out to the family because this is tragic across the board. mary was a loving, sweet, kind woman who actually went out of her way to seek me out at charity events to thank me for my small contributions at hosting these events. the real message in here is that the trauma of divorce can affect anybody. and money is not going to help you, fame is not going to help you. sometimes that is hurt even. and the tragedy here is of course the loss to four children, her husband, and indeed, a community. >> yeah, it's odd when you're in that position of knowing somebody, especially to that degree of fame and has that caliber of influence. and because they realize the power of just, i don't know, speech and the power of one person doing something rather th

patrick henin, ellen koss. andrea nelson. dick cross. maureen tarot. mary pat dord. sheila ramirez. if you're ready -- well, they're working their way. if you're ready. >> my name is dr. ellie koss and i want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to take tonight. -- talk tonight. i've worked with at-risk youths throughout my life both on the field, coaching lacrosse, building new lacrosse programs both here and in northern california and in massachusetts. it's the fastest-growing sport, not only in the country but also in northern california. i've also worked with at-risk youths off the field, tutoring and with leadership development. i've also recently started a lacrosse program for both boys and for girls with the boys and girls club of san francisco. keeping our youth off the streets, occupied and healthy, is key to a vital and healthy san francisco. both in the short term and the long run. currently many of the natural fields as you have heard in san francisco are home to a very large gopher population, make our fields dangerous and often wonderful, it's-up keep -- upkeep is sfens -- expensive and consumes enormous natural resources. the current general erak