A routine screening test for several metabolic and genetic disorders in newborns, the heel-stick procedure, is not effective in screening for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, a leading cause of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even a routine heel-stick test can be painful enough for some newborns to trigger an increase in potentially harmful free radicals in the blood, a new study suggests. The ...

Newborn heelstick blood collection can be a painful procedure in part because of the time required to obtain sufficient quantity of blood. No previous studies have determined whether local ...

Newborns who were exposed to opioids in the womb have stronger-than-normal reactions to pain and may require special care sooner than previously thought, researchers report. Opioids include ...