Reuters: Limit sucrose as painkiller for newborns: study

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Limit sucrose as painkiller for newborns: study
      

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving newborns a small dose of a sucrose (sugar) solution seems to ease pain associated with having blood taken (venipuncture) for the standard newborn screening test but it does little to curb pain associated with intramuscular injections or heel lances, results of a study suggest.
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