Oral Sucrose Fails to Reduce Pain in Preterm Infants During Lung Ultrasound
Can a Sweet Solution Ease Pain for Preterm Babies During Lung Scans?
In a RCT with 60 preterm infants, oral sucrose plus pacifier did not reduce pain vs. pacifier alone during LUS (p=0.16).
For preterm babies getting lung scans, a pacifier alone offers just as much pain relief as adding sweet sucrose, so parents can rest easy wi…
Predictors of Saccadic Reaction Time in Zambian Children: Birth Spacing, Nutrition, and Diarrhea Impact
Could Your Child's Diet Affect Their Developmental Speed?
In a study of 299 children in Lusaka, Zambia, factors like being the only child <5, baseline LAZ, dietary diversity, and recent diarrhea sig…
Children in Zambia who ate diverse diets and stayed healthy showed faster visual processing speeds, a key sign of early development.