A review of the evidence on the use of complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies to treat babies with colic has shown some that some treatments -- including probiotics, fennel extract and spinal ...

It seems like the answer to a sleepless parent's desperate quest: a safe, "clinically proven" dietary supplement that promises to "put colic to rest." While all infants cry, colic -- as those unlucky ...

One of the most trying problems for parents of young infants is colic, those awful bouts of evening crying and inconsolable fussiness between the ages of three weeks and three months. Severe colic is ...

Infantile colic is a common, often treatment-refractory problem. Hypoallergenic infant formula improves colic symptoms; Savino and colleagues, therefore, carried out a prospective, randomized, ...

PAROXYSMAL fussing, or "irritable crying," "compulsive crying" and "infantile colic," describes a variable complaint of early infancy. The pediatrician attempting to relieve these distressing symptoms ...

The news of a pregnancy often is met with excitement and anticipation. Parents wait for nine months to meet the little infant or infants whom they have only gotten glimpses of on ultrasound imagery.

All babies cry. It’s their first and only form of communication as newborns letting parents know of their post birth needs. Chances are, their tears are signaling one of three things: hunger, diaper ...

Years ago, an Oxford colleague invited me home for dinner together with his wife and baby. We dined early because he had an unusual task after nightfall. The infant had excessive crying attacks and ...

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