The newborn is one of 130,000 babies born addicted to drugs in the US over the last decade - a dependence inherited from their addict mothers. The devastating symptoms of withdrawal can last for a child's first few weeks. Similarly, baby Braxton (top right) was born with a methadone addiction inherited from his mother, Clorissa Jones. She was an addict when she gave birth to her first son, Jacoby. Ms Jones said: 'I was in labor, in the bathroom shooting heroin, about to give birth to my child.' She eventually lost custody of Jacoby, before learning she was pregnant with Braxton. At the time, she was smoking crack and doing heroin. After entering a rehab program she was able to retain custody of her second child. Braxton went through withdrawal for the first two weeks of his life, but is now largely healthy - though he has trouble feeding. Jennifer Lacey Frazier (bottom right) was sentenced to 15 years in jail after accidentally feeding her baby daughter - who was also born with a drug addiction - a lethal dose of methadone.

Thirteen-month-old Grace Cooper (pictured right, enjoying some steamed broccoli and left, with mum Shan) has only ever known the Paleo diet. Shan Cooper, from Brisbane, is a keen adherent of the diet, which bans grains and dairy in favour of foods 'cavemen could scavenge for'. Her toddler is more likely to have organic chicken and a plate of vegetables for a meal, rather than toast with the crusts cut off or pasta. 'She loves it,' Ms Cooper said. For breakfast on Thursday, Grace had eggs fried in coconut oil with leftover roast veggies including roasted sweet potato, carrots, potatoes and steamed broccoli, a quarter of an avocado and a small scoop of sauerkraut.

Cara Combs, 38 (center), was 23 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma, but decided to delay her treatment five weeks to give birth to her daughter. Her family say she was scheduled and ready to begin treatment to fight the cancer following the arrival of baby Shaylin on December 5 (inset), however she passed away three days after the birth. Just a few days before the birth of 'Shay', the family came together to have their portrait taken (main), not knowing it would be their final photo all together.

One gym that's become an A-list magnet is 1REBEL, which encourages working out in the dark to live hip hop music and even has an alcohol licence. FEMAIL sent Emily Austen, 28, from London, to trial the class - and see if it could help her achieve a supermodel body. Here's how she got on...

After father Darren Graham shared the photos of food given to his son that he wouldn't feed to his dog - at and award-winning hospital in Middlesex - readers have shared images of other awful meals they were offered. From what one says is 'supposed to be cottage pie' (top left) to a pork casserole served to a heavily pregnant woman who said it was so tiny, it wouldn't feed a small child (top middle). There was a spinach and ricotta pasta (bottom right) that was so dry it was inedible, and when the elderly man's family complained, they were advised to pour pea and ham soup on it. There was also bangers and mash that had spent so long in the microwave that the gravy went almost black (bottom left). One person shared images of the healthy and tasty offerings served to his friend in Germany (bottom middle) to show just how different things are on the continent.

Dr Wayne Osborne, of treated.com, compared the typical Christmas day meal in 28 countries nations. He warned the typical American and Brit would have to work out for two weeks to burn off their festive feast. His research found that while the US tops the calorific leader board with the UK and Ireland in joint second place, Japan's traditional fare since the 1970s - a KFC takeaway - was healthiest, with just 1,400 calories per person. France takes the third spot with an average of 3,217 calories, while Lithuania, where Christmas Eve dinner is traditionally a modest affair, is the healthiest spread in Europe. Dr Osborne warned 'consuming large amounts of fatty, sugary food in short order is a recipe for poor health'. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes and obesity 'are all likely outcomes of persistent bad dietary habits'. He said, a Christmas meal of 3,289 calories would take an 11-stone person more than 14 hours to burn off walking, and around four and a half hours to burn off jogging. 'When factored into a person's regular routine, walking for an extra hour each day or jogging for an extra half an hour each day could amount to two week's worth of extra January exercise,' Dr Osborne said. 'That's two week's worth of exercise, just to burn off the calories from one meal.'

KC Andrew, 60, from Portland, Oregon, has prosopagnosia or facial blindness (left). This means she can't recognise her own face, or that of her children, friend, including roommate Tony (pictured right) or colleagues. Once, her ex-husband threw her a fancy dress party but she felt confused as she didn't recognise anyone, telling the waitress 'This is the wrong room'. She is mother to children Laura, 31 and Eric, 23, who both also have face blindness. Sometimes, she and Laura play pranks on each other, waiting in restaurants to see if the other will recognise them. In order to recognise people, she studies their voice, specific gestures, height, hairstyle, clothing and their way of walking. Rather than becoming dejected, Ms Andrews tries to approach her condition with humour. She said: 'It's mildly embarrassing, yes - but I approach a lot of things with humour and the face blindness is no different. I deal with it.'

From a punctured lung to head fractures from a flying paint can, bottom right, genital mutilation caused by a BB gun, bottom left, and third degree burns, experts reveal the true nature of the injuries Harry and Marv would have suffered in Home Alone. And the consensus is overwhelming - at least two of the injuries, a blow torch to the head, top left, and a crow bar to the chest, top right, would likely result in death.

Sydney mother Melisa Gardner has offered hope to expecting mothers and parents of premature babies after sharing a touching before and after story of her son Dwight. He was born at 32 weeks and was just 42 cm long. He is now a happy and healthy 10-year-old boy. Other inspired mothers have since shared their own stories. Michaela Harris' little girl Grace was born at just 24 weeks and given a poor survival chance. But she fought on and is now a healthy three-year-old - her mother saying 'you'd never guess she was premmie' if it wasn't for a scar around her shoulder. After a near-death experience and an emergency C-section, Debra Tropea gave birth to her fourth son Kruz at 35 weeks. Both she and her son are now well and Mrs Tropea says Kruz has a 'kind, gentle heart and is an 'amazing little man.'

Elle Lietzow, then 17, from Melbourne, Australia, refused to let even a drop of water touch her lips at the height of her struggle with anorexia, when her weight plummeted to under five-and-a-half stone. After a week of fasting she collapsed with a seizure and was rushed to hospital. She was in such poor condition doctors and nurses were astonished she was still alive. She later admitted to losing weight because she thought being skinny would make her popular amongst her peers. Elle, now 19, was cruelly taunted by her peers as a young girl. Although she was just a few pounds overweight, school kids would kick and push her and chant 'fat whale' as she walked through the playground. She said: 'I wanted to stay skinny just to be accepted by everyone. I had gained so many friends when I lost weight accidentally during my swimming and everyone would compliment me. 'I thought, if I quit swimming I am going to have to keep that low weight so that people would still want to be my friends, because if I gain weight no one would want to be my friend anymore.' Now recovered, she said: 'A message I have for those suffering with anorexia at the moment is that only you can save yourself.' She is now recovered and has become a vegan (right).

Hannah Grimshaw, 21, from South Yorkshire had been suffering mild headaches but put it down to a busy week at work. She had actually suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage which caused bruising to her body (inset of bruised arm). Doctors put her in an induced coma (right) for five days to establish what was wrong with her and let her body recover. The bleeding on her brain stopped and she was discharged from hospital days later (left) and is recovering well. She said: 'It's just so scary that this all happened so quickly. If it can happen to healthy 21-year-old, it can happen to anyone.'

TV producer Laura Stageman, 30, from Tottenham, London, says she has suffered depression and even contemplated suicide after developing Red Skin Syndrome, which causes severe and painful flaking of the skin (right). She had been using an anti-inflammatory steroid-based medication to treat eczema since she was a toddler but suffered a severe reaction, (pictured inset on her wrist) when she stopped taking it last year. She is now warning others of the dangers of using the creams. 'Every morning I woke up shedding skin everywhere. I needed to hoover my bed and house at least seven times a day to get rid of all the flaking skin that has rubbed off my body and I could not wear anything,' she said.

Jordan Lotter, 18, from London, has a rare and aggressive form of cancer. He was told doctors could no more for him when the disease returned two months after he was told it was in remission. The sports-loving college student was given a bottle of morphine and told to go home after doctors at University College London Hospital (UCLH) declared all they could do was offer additional chemotherapy to prolong his life. As MailOnline reported last month, his family want to send him to a private clinic in Germany which offers alternative treatments such as immunotherapy in a bid to save his life and are raising funds through their fundraising page. Now oncologists at the Royal Marsden in London, the world's first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education, have offered a second opinion and want to work with the family. Today Jordan's father Charles Lotter said: 'It is hugely encouraging that they are prepared to work with us on integrated care for Jordan involving chemotherapy and the other therapies abroad. Jordan's family aim to raise £65,000 to send him to a private clinic in Germany.

Keen sportswoman Lily Partridge (left and right) was injured during a game on Sunday before collapsing at the side of the pitch. She died in hospital on Monday night. Paying tribute to her today, Lily's bereft parents Jeff and Liz said their 'brilliant star' daughter had never been happier and had 'crammed so much' into her 23 years. They said Lily, who carried around two donor cards, had also 'selflessly' donated two of her organs to 'give others the gift of life.' Speaking from their home in Exeter, Devon, they said: 'Hopefully one, two, three or more people will have a better quality of life thanks to Lily.' Lily was one of the first recruits at the Topsham based Exonian Ladies Rugby team where she had played hooker for the past 18 months. Fellow players yesterday said she was 'incredible and brilliant' as a player and had become social secretary of the club.

A sickening rip off sees the NHS paying many times over the odds for simple products for patients with severe eczema, psoriasis or other debilitating skin conditions. Toby Butt, now 12, from Burton-on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire, has lived with agonising eczema all this life. In some respects he has been one of the lucky ones because he is getting a cheap and effective treatment.

Angela Hartlin, 29, from Nova Scotia, Canada, became a prisoner in her own home due to the constant picking of her face, arms and chest due to dermatillomania (left and inset). Doctors said she would never recover, and she became depressed and even attempted suicide. She made a documentary to raise awareness to the condition, which was seen by a consultant psychiatrist, who contacted her. After 12 weeks of therapy Ms Hartlin was able to tackle some of the underlying issues that caused the picking, and her skin soon healed. Her beautiful wedding photos of her marriage to husband Jason show her incredible transformation (right). Ms Hartlin said: 'I'm still not pick free - I do have urges every single day and it's a long process but I want people to know they aren't alone, there is resources out there to help them. Coming out in public has taken a burden off my shoulders. I don't have to hide this other part of me.'

Kai Diawne, 9, of Hexthorpe, South Yorkshire (left), suffered from a type 1 Chiari malformation, where the lowest part of the back of the brain drops down into the top of the spinal canal. He was diagnosed at age four but doctors said they would only operate if it became life-threatening. Kai began to develop problems with his balance, headaches and sleepiness, and a scan revealed pressure had built up on his brain. He was taken for an operation to relieve the pressure in January (right and inset), but developed medical meningitis, and required a further eight operations, totalling 20 hours of surgery. After six weeks in Sheffield Children's Hospital (where he met Olympic medallist Jessica Ennis, right) he is finally back at home ready to celebrate Christmas with his family. His mother, Michelle Boardman, 46, said: 'He really is my miracle. I can't believe how far he has come on in a year.'

Alexis Shaprio, 13, from Texas, has begun proton radiation therapy to remove her new brain tumor at St. Jude's Hospital in Florida. She first developed hypothalamic obesity, which makes her feel constantly hungry, after doctors removed her first benign brain tumor in 2011, and in 2014 underwent gastric sleeve surgery to treat the life-threatening condition.

James Brumpton, 26, from Manchester, weighed 21st 3lb aged 16 (left). After losing five stone in two years, he went back to stuffing junk food (inset), thinking he wouldn't be a 'victim' to weight gain again - but he ended up even heavier than before, hitting 20st 9lb. But he's lost the weight once more and is now in the best shape of his life (right), hitting the gym six times a week. 'To me, 20 stone was the point between unhealthy and a real problem,' said James, adding that it was already affecting his health, which was particularly frightening as a teenager.

'That's karma' was a pretty standard Twitter response (inset) to the pictures I posted (right) after I suffered a seizure in the middle of a busy London road in which my fall was broken only by my face and teeth going through my lower lip. I'm no doctor. But I am certain it wasn't karma. It was epilepsy.This is the first time I've chosen to share a private part of my life and pictures of my smashed face. It may be news to you, but it's old news to me. I have lived with epilepsy for 20 years, dislocating my shoulder more than 40 times as a result of such seizures, writes KATIE HOPKINS.

Michelle Cooke, 33, (right) from Cobham Surrey, was astonished to learn she was expecting twins and even more shocked to find out they were identical. She has an identical twin Sarah (left) and gave birth to Elsie (left) and Marnie (right) in September. She said: 'Then to find out that I was pregnant with identical twins was just unbelievable. I rang my identical twin Sarah and told her and she just screamed down the phone. She couldn't believe it either.' Experts said the chances of it happening once were about 3 in 1000 so to have it happen again by chance was 'very rare.'

Size 26 Roisin Curran (left and centre left), 30, from County Down, Northern Ireland, who used to consumed 4,000 calories a day, struggled to find any festive outfits that would fit her size 26 frame for her work party. The retail worker, who opted for a portion-control diet combined with exercise, was forced to cut through the elastic of a Santa costume so that she could fit her 19st 7lb figure in. She's now lost an impressive nine stone leaving her fitting a size 10 and weighing 10st (right).