MY DAUGHTER LUCY entered this world screaming at the top of her lungs beneath the metallic white lights of an operating room in Manhattan, where a small crowd of medical students had gathered to watch ...

Having infant colic, characterized by unsoothable crying and apparent abdominal discomfort, was associated with an increased risk for atopic conditions and respiratory illnesses throughout childhood ...

All babies cry. That's how they tell us what they want, or something's wrong. But when your baby cries for hours on end, you know it's more than communication. Newborns cry and get fussy sometimes.

New evidence shows that colic is usually a benign gut–brain interaction disorder, and only infants with additional allergic symptoms should undergo a structured cow’s-milk elimination and ...

In most cases, colic does not require medical care, nor is it a symptom of a larger medical problem. It usually improves on its own within several months. All babies cry and get fussy from time to ...

Crying and being fussy are normal baby behaviors that indicate hunger or a dirty diaper, but sometimes a baby shows signs of excessive crying for no apparent reason. This is called colic – unexplained ...

As strange as it may seem, there is no standard or accepted definition of colic, so the word means different things to different people. But perhaps the most useful definition of "colic" is recurrent ...

Pathologic reflux is defined by increased number of reflux episodes according to age-accepted norms and often includes complications such as esophagitis, esophageal stricture, failure to thrive, or ...

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.