Research in The Lancet warns that existing medical practice does not work and may cause brain damageDoctors should end giving newborn babies sugar to relieve the pain of minor medical procedures because it does not work and the pain may damage their brains, new research in The Lancet warns nowadays.
The study says that small doses of verbal sucrose do not reduce the pain which a baby feels when its heel is pricked to yield a blood sample or it has a drip put in to get antibiotics.
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Source: theguardian.com