Playing a Mozart lullaby may help reduce the pain experienced by newborn babies undergoing a heel prick blood test, according to a randomized, blinded clinical trial involving 100 infants published in ...

Preterm babies face greater health risks from the moment they are born. Their organs, immune systems, and metabolic pathways are not fully developed, making them more vulnerable to complications.

In every postpartum hospital unit across the US, one-day-old babies undergo the same ritual: A nurse pricks the newborn’s heel and stamps tiny drops of blood onto a paper filter, which is then sent ...