Sugar for infant colic?

Any parent of a young infant who has had to deal with colic knows how frustrating this condition can be. Though it usually lasts only a few weeks, no one has yet found a cause or a single treatment approach that works. In recent years, many studies have found that small amounts of sugar water can relieve pain from certain procedures in the newborn period, such as circumcision or obtaining blood from the heel. With this in mind, a pediatrician in Norway wondered whether sugar might also work in colic.

Nineteen infants with colic were given about one-half teaspoon of a sugar solution or the same...