SUGAR COULD CALM SCREAMING BABIES – SAY CANADIAN SCIENTISTS
March 1st, 2009
BY MONICA DOBIE
CONFECTIONERY does not just taste nice - it could calm babies, Canadian scientists have shown. Researchers at Canada's Hospital for Sick Children, the University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital and York University studied 240 babies and found their pain reactions after injections were significantly less if they were also given some sugar to eat.
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CONFECTIONERY does not just taste nice - it could calm babies, Canadian scientists have shown. Researchers at Canada's Hospital for Sick Children, the University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital and York University studied 240 babies and found their pain reactions after injections were significantly less if they were also given some sugar to eat.
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