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A new Cochrane review has found that sucrose can help with pain relief in newborn babies during common hospital procedures, such as venipuncture. This involves drawing blood with a needle, typically for testing.
Mar 3, 2026
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States that explicitly criminalize prenatal drug use may unintentionally discourage pregnant people from seeking essential medical care, according to new research from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. ...
Oct 29, 2025
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Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers offers a better start in life, improving a number of key health metrics, according to a newly-updated Cochrane review.
Oct 21, 2025
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Preterm infants born before 32 weeks who received more skin-to-skin contact while in the hospital showed stronger brain development in areas tied to emotion and stress regulation than babies who received less skin-to-skin ...
Sep 24, 2025
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Fewer than 1 in 10 hospitals in New South Wales and Victoria have policies to guide surrogacy births, new research has found, prompting urgent calls from experts for national standards.
Sep 11, 2025
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Women who attend prenatal care visits in groups are more likely to continue with their care and have better health outcomes at birth and beyond, according to a University of Michigan study.
Jul 31, 2025
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Targeted training interventions for both health professionals and parents significantly increase the amount of skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their parents in the first 48 hours after birth. The proportion of babies ...
Jul 8, 2025
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Black patients admitted to the hospital for labor and delivery are more likely to have stigmatizing language documented in their clinical notes than white patients, report Columbia University School of Nursing researchers ...
May 13, 2025
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Researchers led by the Trondheim University Hospital in Norway report that two hours of immediate skin-to-skin contact between mothers and very preterm infants after birth does not improve cognitive, motor, or language development ...
In the 1950s, the American psychologist Harry Harlow provided a stark demonstration of the importance of a mother's touch. He famously—and controversially—showed that rhesus monkeys would rather cling to a surrogate "mother" ...
Jan 29, 2025
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