New study finds it’s not just what say, but when you say it that can keep preschoolers calmer during vaccinations TORONTO, July 13, 2021 – As we look forward to a fall with hopefully one of the most important vaccination uptakes of children in a generation, a new study provides insights to help parents with reducing […]
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Parental touch reduces pain responses in babies’ brains
Thursday, September 24, 2020, TORONTO – Being held by a parent with skin-to-skin contact reduces how strongly a newborn baby’s brain responds to a painful medical jab, finds a new study led by researchers at York University and UCL (University College London). The scientists report in the European Journal of Pain that there was more activity in the […]