Mariana Bueno, an Assistant Professor at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, is the lead author of a recently ...

Sucrose with or without non-nutritive sucking appears to reduce pain intensity during and 30 seconds after venipuncture.

Sucrose is table sugar. When mixed with water, and in very small amounts, it can be used for pain relief in newborn babies. Sucrose is dropped on a baby's tongue about two minutes before and/or ...

A new Cochrane review has found that sucrose can help with pain relief in newborn babies during common hospital procedures, ...

A new Cochrane review has found that sucrose can help with pain relief in newborn babies during common hospital procedures, such as venepuncture. This involves drawing blood with a needle, typically ...